" A race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. A race extraordinaire, a race only possible in Alaska. "
"The Iditarod Trail, now a National Historic Trail, had its beginnings as a mail and supply route from the coastal towns of Seward and Knik to the interior mining camps at Flat, Ophir, Ruby and beyond to the west coast communities of Unalakleet, Elim, Golovin, White Mountain and Nome. Mail and supplies went in. Gold came out. All via dog sled.In 1925, part of the Iditarod Trail became a life saving highway for epidemic-stricken Nome. Diphtheria threatened and serum had to be brought in; again by intrepid dog mushers and their faithful hard-driving dogs."
Pictures from the start of the Iditarod:
These dogs are so excited to get racing people have to hold them back at the start line. They were howling and barking up a storm!
One of the racers, Hans Gatt. We met him in the food line. He was really nice! He came in 2nd this year! Amazing!
Lance Mackey. He has won (2010 champ!) the last four years in a row!
People had puppies out in the parking lot for sale. It was so tempting! They were so stinking cute!
1 comment:
That looked like a blast. And I love the puppy booties. And the dogs look like they LOVE racing. We should create a DogNascar! P.S Nice c*ke can in your picture.... that hurts.
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