Jono Senk: Chief Hairy Scary
Jono featured in The Blended Learner

Jono Senk is the Founder/CEO/President of Hairy Scary Evolutions, Extreme Adventure Athlete and former Airborne Ranger. He has personally trained hundreds of individuals and teams in all manner of high rope and rock instruction to include Federal Agency personal, SWAT team members, Firemen, International Expeditionary Adventure racing teams, and been sought after by members from all branches of US Special Operations Forces for specific high angle rope and rock climbing instruction.

Jono with Admiral Ray Smith, highest ranking Navy SEAL.

Jono is also a swift water swimming/ boating/rescue expert. Having learned much of his expertise in the Rangers, US SOF units and Odyssey’s Adventure Racing Academy, he has paddled and white water swam many rivers with Class III/IV + rated rapids. Jono was a scout swimmer for his Ranger Battalion, is a former AAU, NCAA ranked competitive swimmer, racing swimmer coach, Lifeguard, Red Cross Water Safety Instructor. Formerly educated/trained in EMT, ACLS and emergency medicine at Western Carolina University, Jono is both currently CPR and First Aid certified..

Jono is a Member of the Odyssey Adventure Racing Event Staff Race Management Team and a National Championship Assistant Race Director and Course Development Director through OAR for the United States Adventure Racing Association (USARA). In addition, Jono was an instructor/cadre at the OAR Navy SEAL training academy.

For over 15yrs Jono has raced over a hundred epic mt. bike races + adventure races and personally trained, instructed and certified hundreds of beginner to expert to expeditionary level adventure racing teams in all mandated forms of climbing, white water swimming, paddling and swift water rescue techniques. He has trained teams for Eco Challenge -Patagonia, Fiji, Borneo, The Raid Gauloises, The Beast of the East, Southern Traverse, Primal Quest and other national/regional adventure races.

Because of his hard skill expertise and extensive knowledge of Adventure Racing he was asked by Troy Ferrar President of the United States Adventure Racing Association and Don D. Mann, formerly of Odyssey Adventure Racing-now Primal Quest race director, to locate, advise and guide in the First National Championships of Adventure Racing held in Sapphire Valley NC. He also built and supervised the rigging of the 800 ft rappel off of Big Green for the National Championships as well. He also was asked by Sally Bethea, Executive Director, Chattahoochee River Keeper to organize as Race Director the 1st Annual back to the Chattahoochee River Race. Jono is continuously consulted by many adventure racers and race directors nationally and internationally.

Jono, being a published writer, is sought after by regional and national media outlets such as CNN/Headline news,Time Magazine, Wallstreet Journal, ABC TV, Turner Broadcasting, Atlanta Journal Constitution and most recently Blue Ridge Outdoors and Outside magazine.

Jono currently is focused on the 2008 Mt. Bike racing season and is focused on his 3rd 24 Hour SOLO World Championship Mountain Race. He is also a instructor at SEAL Training Adventures, and a master Spin Instructor at many of Atlanta’s premier athletic clubs. Highly active in the adventure racing community, he is Director of the Trailblazers Greenville/Asheville Chapter.

Read about Jono's Race at the 2007 World Championships here! email Jono at: jono@hairyscaryevolutions.com