Team Scotland
Team Number: 36
Country: Scotland
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COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Peter Collins, CAPTAIN	40	Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Adventure Race Company Owner
Athletic Resume: 1998 Salomon X-Mountain 1st place, 1998 Sprayway Multi-sport Challenge 1st place mixed pair, 1998 Cumbrian Challenge 3rd mixed pair. Peter is a former National cross-country ski racer and has served in the British Special Forces. He has competed in endurance events since 1982, and has raced in eight Karrimor International Mountain Marathons and five Saunders Mountain Marathons. He is an experienced marathon kayaker including the 135km River Weser race in Germany. He also enjoys running, skiing, cycling, horseback riding and orienteering and has been climbing for 18 years. Peter manages a Nordic ski center and is a Level I Nordic coach and instructor.
COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Liza Ireland	40	Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Outdoor/Environmental Educator
Athletic Resume: 1999 Scottish Winter Challenge 1st Female Solo, 1998 Salomon X-Mountain 1st place, 1998 Sprayway Multi-sport Challenge 1st place mixed pair, 1998 Cumbrian Challenge 3rd mixed pair. Liza has competed in numerous endurance competitions since 1991 including: five Karrimor International Mountain Marathons, three Sauders Mountain Marathons and several Olympic distance triathlons. She is a CANSI Nordic ski instructor and a BCU Open Canoe Senior instructor. She is also a proficient in mountaineering, skiing, running, cycling and orienteering. Liza has led wilderness treks throughout the Canadian and Scottish mountains for the last 20 years and has trekked and climbed through the Himalayas, Central and South America, the Alps and the Dolomites.
COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Tom Gibbs	27	Bristol, England	Aerospace Engineer
Athletic Resume: 1998 Ace Race Series overall winner, 1997 Karrimor International Mountain Marathon 18th place, 1997 Thermatech Avalanche Peak Fell Race New Zealand 35th place, 1995 Sauders Lakeland Mountain Marathon and 1995 Welsh Fell Running Championship 9th place. Tom is also an experienced skier and cyclist and was a University orienteering champion in 1992. He organizes one-day fell races in Wales.
COMPETITOR	AGE	RESIDENCE	PROFESSION
Andy Dytch	41	Dingwall, Ross-Shire, Scotland	General Manager
Athletic Resume: Andy has competed in numerous endurance competitions including placing 10th and 11th in the Karrimor Mountain Marathon Elite, 5th in the 1998 Western Isles Challenge and 4th and 5th in the Highland Cross. Andy has 25 years of experience in canoeing, skiing, sailing, windsurfing, hill running and orienteering. He has participated in over 70 orienteering competitions and has over 20 years of mountaineering experience including a long list of notable ascents.