Team America
25Jun/11Off

Getting to know the Team America

Here it is, a little taste of the team. We figured we better document ourselves before the real adventure begins to get an idea on why would one ever decided to partake in this craziness across Eurasia.

As some of you know John-Mark has graciously decided to not attend an adventure of a lifetime, but he's still in to help us in anyway he can stateside in our madness. So he's no where to be found in this video, hopefully we'll get him saying a word or two at some point.

We are less than a month away now from rally starting, and just two weeks before I leave to UK. woot woot!

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We've made it!!
Total Travel Time: 51 Days
Total Distance shown by Odometer: 9642 miles


The Mongol Rally is a UK-to-Mongolia, no back-up, no support, no set route adventure for charity - involving 15 countries and 10,000 miles' worth of mountains, deserts, bad roads, no roads, bandits, and various other pickles in comically unsuitable 1-litre cars.


Freedom costs a buck-oh-five. But we've heard that in Mongolia $1.05 also gets you a 3-story yurt mansion on the shores of Ögii Lake.

So off we go in our Fiat Panda. And since terrorism is officially over, Team America is now all about charity and liberation! Viva la Facebook!

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Facts about Mongolia

  • 19th largest and the most sparsely populated independent country in the world
  • 2.9 million people
  • 30% of the population are nomadic or semi-nomadic
  • predominant religion is Tibetan Buddhism
  • 20% of the population live on less than US$1.25 per day
  • economy is centered on agriculture and mining(like copper, coal, molybdenum, tin, tungsten, and gold)

Fun Facts about 2009 Rally

  • Number of Teams started: 359
  • Number of Teams to Finish: 281 (78%)
  • Number of Teams to Retire: 65 (18%)
  • Number of Teams M.I.A.: 13 (4%)
  • Number of Teams Retired before Mongolia (or M.I.A): 34 (9% – 44% all retirees)
  • Number of Teams Retired in Mongolia: 44 (12% – 56% all retirees)
  • Number of cars donated to AFD: 278 (80%)
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