Meadman Across Minnesota Rollerski Tour
by Jenni Mead and Amy Wyman
May 2, 2004
Four skiers from St. Cloud State will be rollerskiing across
Minnesota from May 10-16. The route will take us from Red
Wing to the border near Pipestone, about 225 miles. Skiing,
camping, and friends are what this adventure is all about.
Look on Skinnyski for journals and pictures during our trip!
All four of us rollerskiers skied on the SCSU Nordic ski
team this past year. Three women are biking with us as well.
"Meadman" comes from combining the last names of
Jenni and Amy. Jenni and Amy are also planning a Meadman Across
America Bicycle Adventure starting in September.
Cast of Characters
Rollerskier: Amy Wyman
- Age: 23
- Birthday: 5/3/81
- Hometown: Maple Grove
- Year in School: Senior
- Major/Minor: Community Health
- # Years Skiing: 11
- Favorite Ski Trail: Elm Creek, but the best trails I've
ever skied on were the West Yellowstone Rendezvous Ski Trails
- Summer Plans: Internship at the Minneapolis Red Cross
- Quote: Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did
do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain
- Interesting Fact: I spent one year in California doing
Americorps.
Rollerskier: Jenni
Mead
- Age: 23
- Birthday: 12/23/80
- Hometown: Prior Lake
- Year in School: Just graduated 5th year senior
- Major/Minor: Recreation and Sport Management, minors
in Environmental Studies, Outdoor Education, and Community
Health
- # Years Skiing: 8
- Favorite Ski Trail: Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve
- Summer Plans: Internship with Wilderness Inquiry
- Quote: With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin, without
any doubting or "quit it", he started to sing
as he tackled the thing that couldn't be done, and he did
it. -Edgar Guest
- Comments: I really enjoyed being a member of the ski
team's nose flute and recorder ensembles this past season.
I look forward to jamming on our instruments around the
campfire during this trip!
Rollerskier: Julie
Warneke
- Age: 20
- Birthday: 8/2/83
- Hometown: Elk River
- Year in School: Junior
- Major/Minor: Biological Medicine
- # Years Skiing: 8
- Favorite Ski Trail: Giant's Ridge
- Summer Plans: work at the pool in Elk River teaching
little kids to swim and train
- Interesting Fact: I've been training with the MN Biathlon
program for 6 years and have gotten to travel around the
country with the team. It's been a lot of fun.
- Comments: I think this trip is a great way to unwind
from school and kick off summer training.
Rollerskier: Marie
Jordan
- Age: 20
- Birthday: 2/26/84
- Hometown: Roseville
- Year in School: Junior
- Major/Minor: Mass Communication, minor in Community Studies
- # Years Skiing: 5 on a team competitively
- Favorite Ski Trail: All the trails at Telemark
- Summer Plans: Work, train, work, train, work (at the
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
- Comments: Do you like raisins? . . . No? How about a
date?!
- Dedication: I'd like to dedicate this trip to my Uncle
Dick. He is suffering from Cancer and we're just praying
that he overcomes this illness. I love him very much and
it wouldn't be the same without him around.
Biker: Liz Walters
- Age: 19
- Birthday: 8/15/84
- Hometown: Burnsville
- Year in School: Junior
- Major/Minor: Statistics, minor in Spanish
- # Years Skiing: 5
- Favorite Ski Trail: Terrace Oaks in Burnsville
- Summer Plans: Working, attending Twins games, working,
and more working
- Interesting Fact: I am a huge fan of Joe Mauer . . .
I mean, the whole Minnesota Twins team . . . yeah, that's
what I mean.
- Comments: I am very excited for this bike trip, I plan
to cheer the rollerskiers on the whole way with my bright
pink pompom's in toll.
Biker: Josie
Pitts
- Age: 22
- Birthday: 12/04/81
- Hometown: Rice Lake, WI
- Year in School: Just graduated 4th year senior
- Major/Minor: Community Psychology, minors in French and
Outdoor Education
- # Years Skiing: How about # times which equals about
4.
- Favorite Ski Trail: That would be my front yard.
- Summer Plans: Working for Boys and Girls Club until July,
and then an Internship with Voyageur Outward Bound In Ely
until September
- Interesting Fact: I'm 5'1 ½" and every inch
is pure SPUNK.
- Comments: Watch out for me in the Tour de France! I'll
be the one on the 47cm red Trek from 1980!
Biker: Carol Jordan
- Age: 49
- Birthday: 3/27/55
- Hometown: Roseville
- # Years Skiing: 20 something
- Favorite Ski Trail: The trails on the north shore are
good: Cascade, Split Rock, Tettegouche
- Summer Plans: My son's high school graduation party,
paint rooms in the house, plant flowers, trip to Bayfield,
state fair, hopefully lots of bike trips!
- Quote: It's not so much what you do in life, but how
you treat other people. Live, love, laugh and be happy.
Equipment Drivers:
- Kathy Wyman, Maple Grove
- Dan Wyman, Maple Grove
- Renee Mead, Prior Lake
- Dan Mead, Prior Lake
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