Carl is a founding member of Team Santa Fe (http://www.teamsantafe.org) and has competed successfully in four Eco-Challenge expedition competition races, as team captain in B.C. Canada '96 finishing in 14th place and as a team member in the inaugural Eco-Challenge in Utah '95. In 2001 he raced with  REI/Salomon and finished 31st in Eco-Challenge, New Zealand. In 2002 he was  team captain of Team Santa Fe in the Subaru Primal Quest Telluride finishing 28th place. In 2003 he raced with Team Santa Fe in Eco-Challenge North America Championships, Sault St. Marie, Ontario Canada as well a Subaru Primal Quest, Lake Tahoe CA/NV.  Other races include EMA Brazil in 2000 and he raced  with Team Santa Fe to win the open division of Four Winds Adventure Rage 1999, Page AZ.

Carl's outdoor activity foundation comes from thirty years of ski  mountaineering, alpine climbing, rock climbing, ice climbing and white water boating. This includes, 14 days ski mountaineering in Alaska's Ruth  Gorge in 1998, many 6-12 day ski mountaineering trips in the Sierra Nevada CA, alpine ascents in Bolivia (Mt. Illimani, 21,208 ft.) and leading 5.10 rock and NEI 5 ice. Boating experience includes working as a rafting guide in 1983 and rowing a raft on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and  Middle Fork Salmon River. He is also an experienced mountain biker, racing  in the 2000 Vail 100 mile mt. bike race and the 2003 Durango 100. He is a  runner with many marathon and ultra-marathon running races under his belt. Carl was captain of the UC Berkeley X-C Ski Team for three years and president and treasurer of Harvard Mountaineering Club.