David Justin Ross

Completed two marathons, including the Antarctica Marathon, and plans for numerous others before the 2006 North Pole Marathon. David's son James will join him at the North Pole in a very unique father-son combination in the race. The 55 year-old hikes and bikes lot, having cycled the 450 mile Ride the Rockies and other routes as well as trekking long distances across the Cascade and Olympic Mountains. He is the founder and chief scientist at REF Technology, which produces the primary software that routes US mail and perfors electronic authentication for the US Department of Treasury. His wife Heidi is probably not surprised he wished to run the North Pole Marathon given that his first date was to bring her parachute jumping.