I suppose to even contemplate such an idiotic event like the Rickshaw Run, we all have to be similar in mentality.
Firstly we have Mike Gibson
AKA the Gingerloveferret (dont ask!) a true legend in his own lunchbox Mike has a wide variety of interests.
Climbing and general mountaineering, canoeing, swimming, rafting, mountain biking, adventure racing, cross country running and setting fire to stuff, worrying sheep and checking out pretty girls.
The single, handsome, young, 40 year old has had a wide range of jobs: landscape contractor, pheasant plucker, climbing instructor, lifeguard, goat farmer, pest controller, mechanic, gigolo, armature sock wrestler, call centre manager, market researcher, sales manager, lecturer and cosmonaut.
Mike is said to have a unique character and is often described as mad by people who have failed to see past the exterior.
His key qualities are his flexibility, willingness to endure, sense of humour, care of others and ability to run away from danger.
(note from editor – would you beleive he wrote this himself !!)
He travelled to Nepal five years ago and is interested to find one particular curry house and bar again. More significantly he intends to avoid been run over by a rickshaw this time. Picking tea in India is a must on the trip as is sampling the various regional dishes as the team travel through the country.
Favourite stuff:
Films: Brazil, Deliverance and What Women Want.
Food: Any as long as he’s cooking
Drinks: Bitter, Rum and Whisky
Places: York, Cumbria and Norway
Girls who like blokes with ginger hair
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and then we have Mike Hemingway
Mike, is 40 in May, has two children and has been a mechanic since birth. He runs his own vehicle preparation business in Harrogate. His experience and expertise has allowed him to specialize in preparing Land Rover for racing and adventure travel. Motorised Rickshaw’s may offer an additional and unusual angle to the business!
He has travelled extensively around the globe supporting off-road events both as a competitor and journalist.
This 4X4 petrol head has proved himself resourceful and reliable on many occasions. He is never parted from his Leatherman and is looking forward to finding new and innovative ways of utilising gaffa tape in strange and demanding environments.
Obviously Mike hasn’t been chosen for his culinary skills for this trip. However, he is an exceptional cook if you like toast!
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and lastly we have Matt Ramsden
By far the youngest and fairest of them all at just 35, he is the idiot who went looking for this crazy adventure and talked the others into joining him. Keen to get back to his younger glory days of rock-climbing, canoing and mountain biking Matt was looking for something that would really push the limits and give some tall tale to bore his grandkids with.
Matt loves the outdoors and spends most of the summer weekends walking and biking in the Yorkshire Dales. India can’t be any different can it? Oh, and he doesn’t like Curries!
A rowdy rabble of idiots if ever there was one, who somehow have to find a way to stay crammed into a crappy sardine can for at least two weeks, in stinky monsoon season and still stay friends.
Matt describes himself as the youngest and fairest of us all. He is the youngest by 5 years but please note readers – he is so ugly his photo is taken from 200 yards to avoid the damage to the lens.
On the plus side he has put this website together on his own. For that we salute you.