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Kris Van Nest
Moab, UT
Camel Trophy '97 (CT97) Links
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by Duke Video
Article
by World Off-road Article
Web Coverage
(maps & anmiations) by Superwinch
Team
USA Places 5th article by The Auto Channel
CT97
vehicle photos (& for sale) at Land Rover Club Search
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Kris Van Nest has been actively involved in
off-road driving and outdoor adventures since being ranked 1st for Team U.S.A . in Camel Trophy Mongolia
'97, the international Camel Trophy
competition sponsored by Land Rover. After multiple selection and
training events in Georgia, Colorado, and Spain, Kris and his teammate spent
over three weeks driving their
Land Rover Discovery TDI (turbo diesel models) thousands of miles
throughout Mongolia, including the frozen lake Khovsgol in the north to
the Gobi desert in the south. The following year, he worked
with Land Rover to train and select the U.S. team, and was then hired as
one of 10 competition developers who setup the competition route for
Camel Trophy Tierra del Fuego '98. The '98 competition work in South
America was a two month off-road trip for the competition staff driving
Land Rover Defender 110's from Tierra del Fuego to Santiago during July
and then back to Tierra del Fuego during August. The route took them over ice-covered roads, snow, desert, and jungle, as they made
their way through the multi-climatic zones during South America's winter
season.
In addition to the Camel Trophy competitions, Kris is an
off-pavement driving consultant for both Jeep and Land Rover. He has worked
as a guide and instructor at Camp Jeep in Vail, Colorado, Jeep and Land
Rover North America customer events in the Midwest and West, Jeep press
introductions in Telluride and Ouray Colorado, and as a driver
coordinator for Jeep in filming a commercial in the Glamis sand dunes of
Southern California. He has also given many four-wheel drive
instructional talks and guided events sponsored by local dealerships and
adventure parks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
To balance his off-road interests, Kris has enrolled in a
doctoral program at Columbia University's Teachers College
and a broadcast television program at New
York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies,
both in New York City, New York. At Columbia, he is studying to receive
a doctorate in Educational Psychology: Human
Cognition & Learning, with a specialization in Intelligent
Technologies. His courses at NYU are designed around a Certificate in
Broadcasting/Broadcast Production. He focuses many of his class projects on off-road driving
or outdoor instruction, and incorporates many of his studies into his
consulting. He received a bachelor of arts in Cognitive Science and
Artificial Intelligence and a Master of Science in Educational
Technology from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA.
Before working on Trekken, Kris had previously hosted and produced
the local adventure/sports show
FREESPORT-TV in
the tri-state (NY/NJ/PA) area.
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