Kim Bear has been  competing in local multisports and mountain bike racing since 1992. She considered herself a "fun" athlete until attempting the Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race in 1995. Then she was caught up in the challenge of finishing with better times.  Kim didn't have the confidence to try adventure racing until she attended Barry Siff and Liz Caldwell's adventure racing camp in 2000.  She finally did her first race with Team Santa Fe at a Four Winds Mountain Rage race in May of 2000. After this inital success, she ended up doing the next two races with the team; finishing the series with an overall standing of third place.   

A few of her additional accomplishments are:

• Adventure X-stream 2004 - Coed Pair, 1st Overall season points
• Granny Gear 24 Hours of Temecula, 2nd place Coed Pair, 2003 & 2004
  
• First ever Leadwoman 2003 - Leadville, CO races 
•  Requires finishing five races (bike and run) in Leadville over the summer:
• Leadville 100 bike, 100 mile run, Marathon, Silver Rush bike, 10K run
•  La Ruta de Los Conquistadores, Costa Rica, 2003; 18th place F
• "the toughest mountain bike race on the planet"
•  24 Hours of Adrenalin Mountain Bike Race, Phoenix, AZ, 2003;
• 3rd place Pairs division
•  Eco-Challenge Fiji, Fiji Islands; 2002
•  Balance Bar 24 Hour Race, Santa Monica, CA; 2002
• 2nd place Masters Division
•  Subaru Primal Quest, Colorado; 2002 
• 17th place
•  Beast of the East, Virginia; 2002
•  2nd place Coed Division
•  Balance Bar 24 Hour Race, Phoenix, AZ; 2002 
• 1st place Masters Division
• Eco-Challenge New Zealand; 2001 
•  29th place
•  Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathlon, 
• 8 top 3 age group finishes since 1993

Kim Bear, born in 1956, is a family nurse practitioner married to Jan and mother of two daughters. She lives in Santa Fe, NM.