Category Archives: Pre-Rally

Charity Flip Cup Tournament raises over $1000

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Pete

This past Saturday, we held a Mongol Rally Charity Flip Cup Tournament in Los Angeles, and it was a huge success! We had fifty friends (in ten teams of five) come to compete, and support our two Mongol Rally charities. … Continue reading →

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All Cheer for our Donated Gear!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Jeff

Thanks to E’Lisha Yi and Home Depot for some very necessary car items: -Roof rack locks -A tow rope -Rope -Bungees! Now we are onto camping gear. We are in major need of a 4-5 man dome or hybrid tent … Continue reading →

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Improv Benefit Show Raises over $500

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Jeff

This weekend’s Broken Couch’s Improv Benefit Show for Rubber Duckies raised $531! Special thanks to BJ Scanlon, Aquinas High School’s Improv Troupe: Catawampus, Disco Pants and Haircuts Improv Group, Alexander Pena, Samantha Rodriguez, Natasha Drake, Law Tarello, John Thompson and … Continue reading →

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Our Chariot Awaits: a Fiat Seicento

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Pete

We officially have our Mongol Rally car! This morning, we put a down payment on a tiny blue Fiat Seicento in Bielefeld, Germany. As is the spirit of the Mongol Rally, we are driving a pathetic little car that is … Continue reading →

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The Greece Post: “Risking it all, for Charity”

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Pete

We got our first real media coverage this morning, from Jeff’s local newspaper, The Greece Post. Jeff is a teacher in the Greece, N.Y. school district. We pasted the full article below, but you can also find it on the … Continue reading →

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Vehicle Search Update: Can you help us find a car?

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Pete

So it turns out that buying a car a continent away, sight unseen, is kinda tough. Who’da thunk? We’ve been feverishly searching all of the laughably small, cheap and underpowered cars we can find in the UK, the Netherlands and … Continue reading →

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The Broken Couch’s benefit show on June 10th

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Pete

Jeff’s improv comedy group, The Broken Couch will be performing a benefit show for our Mongol Rally team in Rochester, NY on June 10th! Jeff and his friend, BJ Scanlon have been performing improv together for over 6 years, and … Continue reading →

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Visa Business

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Pete

Sorting out all of our visa business a few months ago was a big pain, but I’m happy to say that all of our visa applications are now being processed! The route we chose for the Mongol Rally has us … Continue reading →

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Why “The Rubber Duckies”?

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Pete

Our team name is The Rubber Duckies…and you’re probably wondering why. Mongol Rally teams tend to pick something Mongolia or rally-related like “Genghis Khan’t Touch This,” “Between a Yak and a Hard Place” or “For Baatar Or Worse”…but we found … Continue reading →

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We Are Crazy.

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Pete

Hello. In a few short months, we are driving from London to Mongolia in a car that most people wouldn’t want to drive around the block. We’ll be crossing deserts, climbing treacherous mountain passes, and venturing into some of the … Continue reading →

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