Dmitry Shparo also stood behind the parachute jumps on the North Pole, running races to the top of Europe - Mt. Elbrus, round-the world ZiL truck expedition, Moscow - Uelen - Seattle - Toronto - New York City - London - Kaliningrad - Moscow and circumnavigation in the yacht Apostol Andre. The Cruising Club of America's Bluewater Medal 2001 was awarded to the crew in New York. In 2005 Dmitry Shparo with the World Race Trust co-organized The Great Russian Race - a 15-week, charity ultra-marathon relay from Vladivostok - at the intersection of North Korea, Russia, and China, seven time zones east of Moscow - to St. Petersburg - near the border of Finland and Russia. $340,000 were raised for the benefit of abandoned, orphaned, and homeless children in Russia.