EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS WINS THE 2007 BERRYMAN ADVENTURE!

Van Buren, MO - Eastern Mountain Sports wins the 2007 Berryman Adventure,
held in the rugged hills of the Ozarks near Van Buren, Missouri. Eastern
Mountain Sports appears to be in top racing form heading into the GoLite
USARA Adventure Racing National Championships in November, held about 2
hours North of Van Buren in Potosi, Missouri.

The 4-Person co-ed team out of the Northeastern U.S., consisting of Jennifer
Shultis, Dave Lamb, Chad Denning and Dmitry Drozdov, were at the top of
their game during the Berryman Adventure, held September 29-30, and raced
almost flawlessly for the duration of the race. They completed the 120+
mile course in just less than 25 hours, at 24 hours and 59 minutes.

Team WEDALI, consisting of Scott Lund, Justin Bakken, Molly Moilanen and
Jason Nielsen, were on the tails of Eastern Mountain Sports for the majority
of the race, and crossed the finish line in second place, less than an hour
behind Eastern Mountain Sports. Eastern Mountain Sports said they really
had to push themselves to stay ahead of WEDALI during the race, and had many
great things to say about the team from Minnesota and Iowa afterwards.

About an hour after WEDALI came across the finish line, Springfield Bike
Company came in to secure third place, respectively. Like the other two
teams, Springfield Bike Co., consisting of Scott Davis, Ryan Meschke, Anna
Assenmacher and Scott Rogers, had a great race and worked hard for their
great finish. They had the fastest split time for the final biking leg of
the top three teams, but were unable to make up enough ground to overtake
Eastern Mountain Sports and WEDALI.

David Marks and Windy Marks, out of Phoenix, AZ, won the top honors in the
2-Person 36-Hour division. They came in 5th Place Overall with a racing
time of 29:38. Steeve Pomerleau and Kurt Searvogel of the team Ozark
Extreme - GT, both out of Arkansas, finished second in the 2-Person division
with a time of 33:09.

The Berryman Adventure also featured a 12-Hour course with over 120 racers
participating. 12-Hour racers thought they had it much easier than 36-Hour
racers until they realized that they had to bike up just about every hill in
a 50 mile area! Congratulations to Ken DeBeer and Vicki Vojak of the team
Two Bad for crossing the finish line in first place, with a racing time of 8
hours and 54 minutes. The team Directionally Challenged, consisting of Kyle
Monroe and Jarod Milam, crossed the finish line in second place with a time
of 9:45, barely edging the 3rd place teams. This was Kyle and Jarod's first
adventure race, and I'm sure we will be seeing much more of these two in the
future! The two teams Performance Physical Therapy 1 and Performance
Therapy crossed the finish line together in a time of 9:48, only a few
minutes after the second place team.

The 2007 Berryman Adventure - Presented by Columbia Sportswear, lived up to
its reputation as "a real ass kicker" of a race. Although teams said they
loved the course, most of them said that it was very, very difficult.
Congratulations to all the teams that came and attempted the grueling 7th
running of the Midwest's premier adventure race!

Below are the Top 5 Results in the 4-Person Co-ed Division from the 2007
Berryman Adventure. To see the complete official results, please visit
http://www.berrymanadventure.com.

1. Eastern Mountain Sports (24:59)
2. WEDALI (25:55)
3. Springfield Bike Co. (27:01)
4. Alpine Shop (27:48)
5. MOAT (31:19)

The Berryman Adventure is presented by Columbia Sportswear and their
Titanium brand of apparel and gear. To learn more about Columbia
Sportswear's Titanium line, please visit http://www.columbiasportswear.com.

We would also like to thank the following sponsors for showing their support
of the Berryman Adventure:

The North Face
Salomon Sports
Alpine Shop
be Nutrition Bars
SweatVac Hats
MyTopo.com
Zanfel
The Landing

The Berryman Adventure is brought to you by Bonk Hard Racing, LLC. To learn
more about Bonk Hard Racing, please visit http://www.bonkhardracing.com.

JASON ELSENRAAT
BONK HARD RACING, LLC