A Project Whitewater Russia/USA Team Member

Team Member Boater's Bio: Martin Wong

"Имярек1 Славин_клиент"

☮ **люпрхм бнмц, пняяхъ Project ☮**

RAFTWEB DEVELOPER: www.raft.org

Dream Team: Expedition Leader
Stat Items	Boater's Personal BIO-Data	Notes/Misc
Name	Martin Wong	люпрхм бнмц
Address	2915 Brittan Avenue San Carlos, CA 94070-3520 USA Coloma, California USA 95613-0136 also San Carlos, CA 94070
Phone:	W(408)503-8000 Cell: (650)279-4202 FAX: Call
Fax	Call
Email	raft.ws@comcast.net, webrew@yahoo.com, martin@raft.org
Sex	Male
Occupation	Engineer, Consultant, Director
Education	University of California at Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Economics
Passport #	(Confidential)
Passions in Life	Racquetball, alpine skiing, construction, web, whitewater of course
Citizenship	USA
Country of Origin	USA
Language Proficiencies	English and some Spanish
Skills and capabilities	Paddle Guide, Oar Boats, Paddle and River Cats, Cat 4, I.K.(1), Sea Kayak, River Kayak(1) still in pool, river rescue	CPR, Basic First Aid, Wilderness First Responder
First River, when?	Cache La Poudre, Colorado, 1981
Trained/Worked with?	Trained with Ricky Tam/ICO, Outdoors Unlimited. Disability Awareness through ETC. River Rescue and Wilderness First Responder through OU/UCSF. Class IV-V training through Rorie Gotham, Vladimir Gavrilov, Dirk Delmon, Steve Silvers, Mark Hoffman, Bob Antuzzi, Keith Mariboho. Guides for ETC, OU, Asean, Nikkei.
Favorite Rivers	Too Many
Most Scenic Rivers	Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, Jarbidge/Bruneau in Idaho, Alta Santa Maria in Mexico & El Tamul
Some Favorite Links	RAFTWEB ETC
Partial List of rivers run	Cherry Creek, Upper Tuoloumne, N. Fork Feather, Deer Creek, Mission Cr., Miller Cr.(RT), South Fork Silver Creek, San Lorenzo, Big Sur, San Francisquito Cr., Mission Cr., Main "T" Tuoloumne, Merced, Kings, Carmel, Mokelumne(Electra-Pardee), S. Fork Gualala, Arroyo Seco, Middle Fork Consumnes, Petaluma, Main Stanislaus, Lower Stanislaus (Goodwin Canyon), North Fork Stanislaus (Sourgrass run), Upper Sacramento (Box Canyon and Slate Creek runs), Klamath, Trinity, North Fork Yuba, South Fork Yuba (Pourdon, Edwards, Washington), Scott, Cal Salmon, Russian, East Carson, San Joaquin (Horseshoe Bend), N. Fork Mokelumne, McCloud, Forks of the Kern, Upper Kern, Little Kern, Ten Mile Creek, Branscomb Cr., S. Fork Eel, Mark West Cr., Eel (Dos Rios), Rancheria Cr., Navarro, Redwood Cr., South Fork American (Gorge, Chili Bar, Kyburz Runs), Lower American, Middle Fork American, North Fork American, Main Smith, North Fork Smith, Middle Fork Smith, Kern, South Fork Smith, North Fork (Giant Gap, Ponderosa & Chamberlain Runs), Dry Meadow Cr. - CA, Colorado, Little Colorado (Grand Canyon) - AZ, Cache La Poudre, Yampa, Green - CO, CT, Rock Cr. - DC, Deleware - DE, Chicago, N. Chicago, S. Chicago, Calumet, DesPlaines - IL, Green (Desolation Canyon, Grays Canyon), Price, Jones Cr. - UT, Jarbidge, Bruneau, E. Fork Bruneau, Upper East Fork Owyhee, Snake(Sewars Run), Selway, Main Salmon, Middle Fork Salmon, Wilson Cr., Pistol Cr. - ID, Potomac, Winters Run, Bynum Run, James Run, Susquehanna, Gunpowder, Patuxent - MD, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Paw Paw - MI, Mississippi - MS, Madison, Yellowstone, Jefferson - MT, Hackensack, Deleware - NJ, Pequanack, Hudson, East, Newtown Cr., Neversink, Deleware - NY, Rogue, Illinois, Umpqua, Lower Owyhee, Crooked Cr. - OR, Deleware, Schuylkill, Wissahickon Cr., Darby Cr., Chester Cr., Muckenpaitis Cr., Crum Cr., Neshaminy Cr., Cobbs Cr., Ridley Cr. - PA, White Salmon, Klickitat - WA, Upper Snake, Gros Ventre, Snake(Deadmans and Grand Canyon), Hoback, Pacific Creek, Buffalo Fork - WY Mississippi - USA INTERNATIONAL: Alta Santa Maria (El Tamul), Santa Maria, Concha, Rio Actopan, Verde, Tampaon, Gallinas, Urique, Fuerte, Alseseca (El Canto), Antigua, Pescados, Filo, Alta Pescados, Agua Azul, Chimul-Ha - Mexico (Bow, Canada) (Liwu [Taroko Gorge], Keelung, Taiwan) (Pagsanjan[Magdapio], Philippines) (Saigon, Prenn, Dambri-Central Highlands(Dalat), Vietnam) (Mekong & Kok, Golden Triangle - Thailand, Laos, Burma[Myanmar] ) (Yangon, Irra, Irrawaddy, Pake Chin Myaung Cr., Pwe Kauk - Myanmar) (Neva, St. Petersburg)
What do you bring to the team?	Organization, experience, planning
Why do you want to do this?	To do the incredible, unusual, unique, rare, and what others can't even dream of doing.
2nd Descents	Alta Santa Maria, 1998 raft
First Descents	Miller Creek-CA, 1970 Jones Creek-UT, 1998, IK Dos Arroyos Rapid, Urique River-Mexico raft, July 23, 2002, raft (First Carnage: first swims and flips too), Pistol Creek, Wilson Creek-ID: 2003, IK	Three Forks in a Day, May 1, 1999
Year 2007 Stats	Days on Water: 90 V: 1 IV: 2 III: 5 II: 6 I: 83 Extreme Highlight Trips: Raft-SF Silver, Tiger Cr.; IK-Redwood Creek, Branscomb Cr., SFEel R. New Rivers: 7 (Redwood Cr., Deleware R., Neversink R., East R., Newtown Cr., Hudson R, Hackensack R., Pequanock R., Mission Cr.) Missed Trips: 10 Unplanned Swims: 1-IK (TroubleMaker) Swimmers from boats driven: 0 Flips: 0 Wraps: 0 Rescues/Recovery: 5/0 First Descents: 0 2nd Descents: 0 Expedition Days: 2 Led Trips: 4+, Largest: 33 paddlers, 8 boats/IK's, Total Paddlers: 84+ Guided For: 8+ Photos/Video: 120,000/170 Mission Creek Stats: Junk Balls: 16 Practice Balls: 5 Foul Balls: 1 Caught Balls: 1 (NHKTV), grabbed 757 too Non-Splash Hits: 0 Splash Balls: 1 (#45, Bonds HR #757) McCovey Cove Rescue Assists: 5 Great Scrums: 3 (#761) Caps and other Booty: 2 New Cove boaters brought out: 8+ Interviews: 31 TV/News/Media Appearances: 37 (FSN, ESPN, KPIX-TV, KGO-TV, NBC11, NHKTV, Outside Magazine, ABC News, Nightline, Tokyo TV, Mariano TV, AP, CNN, Christian Science Monitor, Knight Ridder Newspapers, SF Chronicle, KNBR, KCBS, KGO radio) Interesting Links: 20 In Cove Report: 17/17 Bonds Home HR's, 5/5 Cove Balls McCovey Cove/BBC Photos: 26,000 Lost/Damaged Gear: 1 Portage Wheels, 1 breakdown paddle
Year 2006 Stats	Days on River: 17 V: 3 IV: 3 III: 8 II: 2 I: 3 Extreme Highlight Trips: Raft-SF Silver, MF Consumnes; IK-Forks of the Kern, Arroyo Seco 2x New Rivers: 7 (SF Silver, Middle Consumnes, SF Gualala, Arroyo Seco, Petaluma, Mission Cr.) Missed Trips: 10 Unplanned Swims: 0 Swimmers from boats driven: 0 Flips: 0 Wraps: 0 Rescues/Recovery: 3/0 First Descents: 0 2nd Descents: 0 Expedition Days: 0 Led Trips: 4+ Guided For: 8+ Photos/Video: 120,000/170
Year 2005 Stats:	Days on River: 17 V: 3 IV: 3 III: 8 II: 2 I: 3 Extreme Highlight Trips: Raft-SF Silver, MF Consumnes; IK-Forks of the Kern, New Rivers: 7 (SF Silver, Middle Consumnes) Missed Trips: 10 Unplanned Swims: 0 Swimmers from boats driven: 0 Flips: 0 Wraps: 0 Rescues/Recovery: 3/0 First Descents: 0 2nd Descents: 0 Expedition Days: 0 Led Trips: 4+ Guided For: 8+ Photos/Video: 120,000/170
Year 2004 Stats:	Days on River: 49 V: 16 IV: 12 III: 16 II: 4 Extreme Highlight Trips: Raft-SFEel, NFeather-Tobin, CalSalmon, NFAR-Giant Gap, T, Forks of the Kern; IK-Forks of the Kern, MFAR, Lower McCloud, Irrawaddy New Rivers: 2 (Lower McCloud, Irrawaddy, Irra, Yangon, Pake Chin Myaung, Pwe Kauk) Unplanned Swims: 10 (S. Fork Eel-The Hole that Ate Old Chicago, SFAR -2, MFAR-3: Tunnel Chute, Kenaka Falls, Forks of the Kern-Upper Freeman: 2, N. Feather-Tobin, McCloud: 2) Swimmers from boats driven: 6(all me in IK) Flips: 0 Wraps: 0 Rescues/Recovery: 4/0 First Descents: 0 2nd Descents: 0 Expedition Days: 2 Led Trips: 9+ Guided For: 22+ Photos/Video: 127,000/270
Year 2003 Stats:	Days on River: 78 V: 23 IV: 19 III: 33 II: 3 Xstream Highlight Trips: Raft-Agua Azul, ChimulHa, Alta Pescados, MFSalmon, Cherry Cr., Illinois; Puma-Deer Cr.; IK-Rancheria Cr., Carmel R., SFAR fish flow New Rivers: 16 (Agua Azul, Chimul-Ha, Alta Pescados, Antigua, N. Fk. Mok-Electra, Rancheria Cr., Main Eel, Deer Cr., Illinois, Pistol Cr., Wilson Cr., MFSalmon, Goat Cr., Stoddard Cr., Warm Springs Cr., Big Cr., Loon Cr.) Unplanned Swims: 5 (Illinois, S. Fork Yuba-Rorie's Rapid, Ishi Falls & Double Drop on Deer Cr.) Swimmers from boats driven: 6 Flips: 0 DumpTrucks: 1 Wraps: 0 Rescues/Recovery: 2/1 First Descents: 2 (Wilson Cr., Pistol Cr.) 2nd Descents: 0 Expedition Days: 6 Led Trips: Guided For: Photos/Video: 35,000/100
Claim to fame	Filmed and Directed Jackie Chan in San Francisco for his first visit and opening of Police Story film. Established technical projects for Sun Micro-SunSoft, in Russia with Boris Babian (IPMCE) E-Mail Quoter System - First on the Internet before WWW developed Behind the development of what would become HP-UX at HP World Traveller: Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanamar, Russia, Hong Kong, Germany and entered Mainland China and Vietnam long before these countries were open to Americans.
Trip from Hell	North Fork American, or how to not run a rafting trip. Rio Santa Maria, Mexico, one-time trip
Desired Paddle Cat-4 position	Right Rear, Left Rear
Availability	All times, boating is a priority
Personal Goals	To do the extraordinary and bring back everyone safely, to build international relationships
Expedition Experience	Grand Canyon-21 days, Yampa/Green-6 days, Santa Maria-5 days
International Travel Experience:	Russia-24 days, Vietnam-40 days, China-4 days, Korea-14 days, Taiwan-50 days, Hong Kong/Macau-8 days, Indonesia-8 days, Malaysia-5 days, Thailand-21 days, Japan-8 days, Myanmar-14 days
State of Health	(Confidential) Excellent
Medications	(Confidential) None
Diet Restrictions	prefer low cholesterol foods
Physical Limitations	(Confidential): None
Special Needs	(Confidential): None
Favorite Colors	Purple, Orange, Blue
Cars for Trips	Chevy Cargo Van, Mitsubishi Mirage, Plymouth Duster
Gear Available to Group	16' Escalante, oars, Cook Stove
Blood Type	(Confidential)
Smoker	No, Never
Marital Status	(Confidential): Married
DOB	(Confidential)
SS#	(Confidential)
Person to Notify in case of Emergency (name, address, phone):	(Confidential)