After 10 events, ranging from an ATV race to an ice climb, the 2008 Fulda Extreme Arctic Adventure concluded on Friday with an awards dinner held at Whitehorse's High Country Inn.

Team Busemann swept the awards winning both the male, female and team categories for the competition, finishing with 93 points in total.

"It (the win) was unbelievable because of the last year I was ill and that was not pleasant," said Frank Busemann. "This year I was happy that I was healthy; it was a very good feeling."

All together there were six teams competing in the Fulda Challenge. The five teams from Germany were comprised of one athlete and one celebrity, while the lone Canadian team was made up of two athletes. Each team had one male and one female member on them.

All 10 disciplines were time-based events, which awarded six points to both the best individual male and female finish. One point was lost for each subsequent placing, with the slowest time receiving a single point.

The overall team score was calculated by adding together the point totals of both members in a specific event.

Busemann, who was a silver medallist in the decathlon at the Atlanta Olympics, finished with 43 points in total, one point ahead of fellow countrymen Benjamin Hartmann and Stefan Bunse.

He won three events in total, which included the ice climb, the Rhino ATV race and the hand-cars competition. Busemann's teammate, Daniela Martens, won the female category by 13 points, finishing with 50 in total.

Winners in both the male and female categories were awarded $3,000 each, while second place was $2,000 and third was $1,000. The winning team was also given two solid gold nuggets from Dawson City, which were each valued at around $2,500.

Journalists also had the option of competing and the grand prize in their category included a paid trip to Whitehorse, while second place was given a set of Fulda tires.

Busemann, who was sick at last year's Fulda Challenge with a viral infection, said his experiences as a decathlete helped in Fulda Challenge.

"Every time I started a competition I wanted to win, but I have not much talent for running, for running and biking and so on, all things getting longer than 20 seconds I am not so good," he said. "I am a sprinter, or decathlete, so my strength was sprint and jumping, but not to run the half marathon or biking and because of that it was very hard for me."

He laughed when first reminded about the ice tower climb.

"The ice climbing I won't do that anymore," Busemann said. "It was the first and the last time. I am glad because of the good result, but I can't imagine I would do it again. I thought all the time, what happened if I fell down?" It was unbelievable and two times I thought I give up, I can't reach the top and let me down, but then I looked above me and there was the bell. It was very surprising for me."

Busemann said he enjoyed his time competing in the Fulda Challenge and hopes to participate again next year.

"It is a great experience," he said. "The landscape here is wonderful, the team is wonderful, it screams for a third time to take part."

Jeff Alfonsi was one of the members on Team Canada. He said he enjoyed his time competing in the Fulda Challenge.

"It was tough, but at the same time it was such an awesome experience to come here and try all these new events out and meet some great people," Alfonsi said. "I think probably the best part was just really getting to gel with the competitors. I think overall it was an awesome experience and I want to come back to the Yukon. It seems like once you come here you never want to leave."

Leigh Ann Nevermann, the second member of Team Canada, said it was friendly competition.

"You felt well-supported through the whole event and it was physically challenging, but it was a good time," she said. "We all had fun."