Don Mann
Director
Primal Quest
(Course Director, PQ 2006)
A retired Navy SEAL, American Adventure Racing Pioneer, co-founder of Odyssey Adventure Racing.

Don has staged more multi-day, multi-sport races than any other individual in the world.

Articles on Don Mann and the events he has produced can be found in: Sports Illustrated, Wall Street Journal, Men’s Fitness, Outside, Runner’s World, Triathlete, National Geographic Adventure, Outside magazine, Fortune, Forbes, New York Times, Washington Post, Adventure Sports Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, as well as many more publications.

* Named Virginia Beach Ambassador Extraordinaire – 2002

Author of the Complete Guide to Adventure Racing.

* Consultant for the Adventure Racing Handbook, Holland Press.
* Consultant for “The Thrill of Victory the Agony of My Feet: Tales from the World of Adventure Racing”

Athletic Bio:

* Navy Men’s Senior Athlete of the Year Award
* Odyssey Double IRON (16 mile paddle, 224 mile bike and 52.4 mile run)
* Triathlete Finisher 2003 – and current Double IRON paddling record holder.
* Hawaii Ironman veteran
* Captain, Trans-Himalayan (Nepal, Tibet and across India) RAID Gauloises (500 miles).
* Captain, First All-American Team RAID ‘98 Ecuador (400 miles).
* Captain, RAID ‘97 South Africa – (500 miles).
* Captain, RAID ‘95 Patagonia – (350 miles).
* Captain ESPN Xtreme Adventure Race 1997 – (250 miles).
* Captain Great Nor’Easter 1997 – (200 miles).
* Professional mountain bike racer (mid-late 80s).
* Cat 3 and 4 road cyclist (70s-90s).
* Numerous 100+ mile Bike Races and Centuries and 1977-2003.

Military Biography:

* Navy SEAL/Chief Warrant Officer Retired.
* Active duty Aug 1977 - May 1998.

Special Skills & Qualifications: Decorated Combat Veteran; Corpsman, EMT, paramedic; personal trainer; SEAL Special Operations Technician; Special Forces Medical Laboratory graduate; static line, high altitude free-fall and advance free-fall parachutist; open circuit, closed circuit oxygen and air scuba diver, diving supervisor; jungle survival, desert survival and arctic survival instructor; small boat operator for craft up to 65 feet; technical rock climbing, mountaineering; small arms weapons instructor, foreign weapons instructor, armed and unarmed defense tactics, advanced hand-to-hand combat; photo intelligence; Survival, Evade, Resistance and Escape Instructor; B.S. International Relations, B.S. Liberal Science, and Masters in Management.

Learn more about Don Mann at USFrogMann.com