2002 Vision Quest Finishing Times And After Event Thanks

Friends, 

Thank you all for your support of the 2002 Mountain Bike Pow Wow.

It is our hope that you were reconnected to the land in which we feel privileged to ride upon. It is our goal to open your eyes to that which cannot be seen but only felt; the love of the Great Spirit of which the beauty of the forest testifies. It is also important that you realize how precious your freedom is and volunteer your time maintaining the forest to protect that freedom. If the Warrior’s Society accomplished this and inspired you to get involved then the Forest will be in good hands.

The Warrior’s Society would like to thank the following individuals and organizations that helped to make the Pow Wow possible:

The U.S. Forest Service and Rangers Karla Gallegos and Lee “OK’s Event” Di Gregorio.

The Orange County Search and Rescue Team, who gave us the peace of mind knowing the riders would be taken care of if they got into trouble

Warrior’s Society member Ron “Leads Many Warrior’s” Cooke for being our Communications Director and teaching us how to do an event right.

Geriann Vargas and Becky Vargas for being camp bosses and making sure you’re taken care of once you got back.

Fellow Club members, who worked from Thursday through Saturday non-stop getting ready for the event and acted as support.

Our many support volunteers who manned the aid stations, cooked, registered participants, drove trucks, or helped back at camp.

Jim Simescu, who has been our lead cook and with the help of Keith Eckstein, has prepared the in the days before the event.

Our Major sponsors:  Arrowhead Water and John Mangini, Shimano and Christain DeStefano, Oakley and Scott Bowers, Manitou and Tom Rogers, Psycle Werks Bicycles and Chuck Densford.

Our sponsoring bike shops: Jax’s Bicycle Centers, Rainbow Bicycle Company, Edge Cyclesports, The Bike Company, Switchback Cyclery, The Path Bike Shop, Bike Tech and South County Cyclery.

Our contributing sponsors: Voler, Aussie Racing Apparel, Tioga, AXO Cycling, Continental Tires, Crank Brothers, THE, Serfas, The Indian Store, Champion Nutrition/REVENGE, Minute Maid, Chris King, Active.com, and BIKE magazine. Please support these companies that contribute to keeping the trails open.

Our Major Sponsoring Clubs: the San Diego Mountain Bike Association and fellow Warrior's Society member Andy Darragh, the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers and fellow Warrior's Society member Chuck Anderson, and the SHARE Mountain Bike Club and fellow Warrior's Society member Robin Lemonds.

The staff at O'Neill Park where the event was held.

Art Tuttle for behaving himself in Blackstar.

Karl “Breaks His Horse” Greenblatt for helping with the trucks.

And last but not least my wife Geriann and son Shane, for putting up with the Race Director who loves them both dearly.

Our June issue of Smoke Signals will cover the event and give you an update on what’s happening with the Wilderness and Forest Plan issues. John “Keeps What Happened” Early, our club photographer, has posted pictures from the event on his web site at: http://www.earlyphoto.com/powwow02/ The   pictures will be posted only through August 2002.

Thanks again and see you at the Toad Festival in October.

2002 Vision Quest Finishing Times

52 Miles With 11,000 Feet Of Total Elevation Gain and 2+- Miles Of Hike-A-Bike

Name:                                                         2002 Time:         Age:          Sex:                                          

Bryson              Perry                                    5:12:23              22                                     Salt Lake City

                                                                                                                                                          Utah

Brent                  Prenzlow                            5:39:02              33                                         Carlsbad

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Calvin                Mulder                                 5:42:11              42                                      Tustin Ranch

Warrior's Society member - First Single Speed - New single speed                                      Calif.

record.

Damon              Roberson                           5:45:55              32                                Huntington Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

James                Hahn                                    6:04:55              40                                       Oceanside

Consistent top 5 finisher. Society Member.                                                                                Calif.

James                Gapp                                    6:13:00              35                                    Laguna Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Andy                  Lightle                                 6:23:14              33                                       Aliso Viejo

Warrior's Society member - Rode single speed.                                                                       Calif.

Andrew             Lazenby                              6:23:18              25                                      Laguna Hills

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Greg                   Norman                               6:24:50              35                                           Cardiff

                                                                                                                                                           CA

                                          

Steve                 Timm                                    6:34:38              46                                      Long Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Nate                   Whitman                             6:38:06              26                                           Venice

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Scott                  McPherson                        6:39:58              44                                Santa Margarita

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Peter                  Vidmar                                 6:39:58              40                                    Coto De Caza

                                                                                                                                                          Calif

Kevin                 Abel                                      6:46:28              38                                       San Diego

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Laura                 Anderson                           6:47:23              31              F                        Monrovia

First Female Finisher                                                                                                                     Calif.

Jeff                     Bartel                                   6:54:44              44                                    Laguna Niguel

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Peter                  Vanek                                  6:54:49              31                                            Irvine

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Joshua              Peters                                  6:54:52              30                               Huntington Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Ronald              Sawicki                               6:54:59              35                                    San Clemente

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

                                          

Matt                    Mcfee                                   6:57:48              29                               Pacific Palisades

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Chad                  Theule                                 7:10:11              28                                         Carlsbad

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Kevin                 Hall                                       7:10:47              44

Keith                  Eckstein                              7:12:55              43                                      Costa Mesa

Warrior's Society Executive Director of Advocacy and Public Outreach.                                Calif.

 Rode single speed

Jim                     Kelleher                              7:16:47              40                                         Palo Alto

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Steven               Farner                                  7:16:51              44                                            Vista

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Mike                   Dussinger                          7:19:08              16                         San Juan Capistrano

Warrior's Society member -Youngest to ever finish Vision Quest.                                           Calif.

Tomoko            Maruyama                          7:20:55              35              F             Cardiff By The Sea

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Todd                  Galati                                   7:27:55              35                                         Carlsbad

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Greg                   Norombaba                        7:27:55              34                                       San Diego

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

                                          

Osamu               Chiba                                   7:31:36              29                                       San Diego

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Jay                     Lennon                               7:31:58              43                                    San Clemente

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Dan                    Hight                                    7:32:00              30                                         Anahiem

Rode single speed                                                                                                                         Calif.

Andy                  Darragh                               7:32:05              36                                       San Diego

Warrior's Society member - President of San Diego Mountain Bike                                       Calif.

Association

John                  Williams                              7:36:55              36                                      Costa Mesa

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Douglas            Taylor                                  7:39:35              31                                         Encinitas

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Ken                    Sage                                    7:44:00              41                                Huntington Beach

Warrior's Society  member.                                                                                                          Calif.

Ned                    Reynolds                            7:52:20              41                                      Yorba Linda

Warrior's Society Member                                                                                                            Calif.

Andrew             Markham                             7:53:55              37                                       Aliso Viejo

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Brian                  Gaiser                                  7:58:30              32                                         Monrovia

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

                                          

Garrett               Ford                                     8:01:00              31                                          Tucson

                                                                                                                                                            AZ

Laurens            Vernot                                 8:06:10                                                  Huntington Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

David                 Ross                                    8:09:35              45                                    Laguna Niguel

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Dan                    Hellwig                                8:09:45              28                                    Foothill Ranch

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Fran                   Bryan                                   8:10:51              42              F                        San Jose

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Steve                 Boland                                8:11:50              50                                       San Diego

President Mountain Bike Assitant Unit Cuyamaca Rancho State Park                                   Calif.

Sean                  Murphy                                8:11:52              43                                       Chula Vista

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Richard             Pribyl                                   8:13:25              31                                       San Diego

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Lisa                    Ford                                     8:18:00              31              F                          Tucson

                                                                                                                                                           Ariz

John                  Wintersteller                      8:18:35              35                                     Santa Monica

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

                                          

Rob                    Heather                               8:21:58              45                                        Sunnyvale

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Steve                 Foster                                  8:29:23                 0                                 Laguna Niguel                      Rode Single speed - Donated PA system for future events

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Brian                  Ephraim                              8:31:30              36                                    San Clemente

Warrior's Society nominee                                                                                                            Calif.

Sven                  Martin                                  8:40:01              28                                   Newport Beach

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Max                    Wettstein                            8:40:25              32                                       San Diego

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Kevin                 Johnson                             8:40:41              41                                    Coto De Caza

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Jeff                     Bryan                                   8:41:40              34                                        San Jose

                                                                                                                                                          Calif.

Christine           Baughman                         8:42:15              40              F                          Santee

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