Hmm. I would love to do this (and have the time/ability), but not having been able to find much information I'm not sure what qualitifications should really be important.

This doesn't sound like we're racing from Ritz-Carlton to Starwood and fighting over upgrades, so I somehow doubt that status will be terribly important to success.

It also seems to be more physically challenging than just "travelling a lot" -- if we're hiking for 4 days through rain forest and then riding a donkey for a week while sleeping on dirt, that's very different than enduring a 14-hour Z-class seat on Air India.

I'm eminently qualified for a camel race, less so for anything that requires an Amex Centurion. I would agree that deciding what qualifications are important should be one of the first steps.

I'll certainly sponsor regardless -- it sounds like a great project and I've done work with Physicians sans Frontiers before in Africa, so they're good guys who desrve lots of support.

[This message has been edited by artboy (edited 08-31-2002).]