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JEFF PERRON Age: 29 Occupation: Shipping Supervisor & Financial Adviser Special “Talents”: Mad scientist. Well versed at speaking “Engrish”. Only person to put a car on it’s side while doing a burnout. Single Most Useful Talent: Has the ability to fix things without actually fixing them. Biggest Concern: Playing “Tehran” by The Offspring in Tehran, Iran. |
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STEVE MALARSKY Age: 30 Occupation: Graphics Designer & Webmaster Special “Talents”: An uncanny sense of no direction. Can survive for weeks on nothing but noodles and Pepsi. Single Most Useful Talent: Earned a lot of badges in Cub Scouts when I was 8. Biggest Concern: Where are we going to get coffee in the middle of the desert? |
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GNOMER (the Edmonton Oilers garden gnome) Age: He won’t tell us Occupation: Stands in peoples yards, watches grass grow, plays hockey with the birds Special “Talents”: Doesn’t argue. Has an awesome poker face. Biggest Concern: Being dropped |
In the 13+ years we’ve known each other, we’ve learned many things: beer and chocolate chip cookies go quite well together, a Hyundai Accent can be launched over a meter-tall snow drift, it’s only OK to use a blender to make drinks if it’s gas-powered with motorcycle handlebars, and it’s not hard to make an 11hp riding lawnmower do 60km/h with very few modifications.
Jeff heard about The Mongol Rally over the winter of 2008/09 and the idea of doing stupid things in two other continents was just too enticing to resist – but first he had to clear it with the wife – probably a good idea when you’re going to be on the other side of the world for nearly 2 months. Thankfully she wants us to go though (she probably has a good life insurance policy on him). He talked to Steve, and it wasn’t even a week after that the mission was clear: to secure a spot in 2011.
