To “officially” wrap-up the 2008-2009 season, here is a nice photo from Nome of Aliy, Allen and Bridgett with the main Iditarod Lead dogs: Bullet (hiding as always on the far left), Dingle, ChaCha and Hoss. I think you will agree it has been an amazing season, and congratulations to … Read More
While sorting through the last of our 2009 Iditarod media, I came across this footage that Aliy’s dad shot during his time as a volunteer at the Eagle Island checkpoint. I think it is an excellent finale to our Iditarod coverage, because it provides an extraordinary — even unique — … Read More
In this final part of Aliy’s “Live” video from the Iditarod Trail, the team battles fierce winds of a “ground blizzard” approaching Shaktoolik and Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. The middle segment is a night scene at the checkpoint, and the finale is a camping scene after the storm … Read More
On Tuesday afternoon we were able to get the dogs out of Nome on a cargo flight directly to Faribanks, then were all greatly relieved to hear from Kaz that she had picked them up at the airport and returned them to the Kennel. Getting the dogs home was our … Read More
In this part of Aliy’s “Live” video from the Iditarod Trail, the team slogs its way up the final hills to overlook the Norton Sound near Shaktoolik. As you will hear, the wind is really starting to pick up and Aliy has to work hard to keep the dogs focused. … Read More
After fixing her busted sled runner in White Mountain, Aliy was hoping things would hold together for her 77 mile final run into Nome. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case. About five miles into their run, the team approached some pretty nasty “overflow” which happens when a river … Read More
It seemed to me that after running more than a thousand miles over the course of 11 or 12 days, the dogs would take a few days of “down time” to recover their energy. So, when I went over to visit them this morning I was very quiet about peeking … Read More
That’s right!… Of course the volcano blew! What else could we expect trying to get back from a race? Because of the volcano eruption near Anchorage and the threat it poses to aircraft, all flights out of Nome were cancelled today. That means Aliy, Allen and the dogs won’t get … Read More
Hi, I’m Happy! I’m always Happy… That’s why they call me Happy! I am happy to share this picture with you because it shows Bridgett hugging me at the finish line here in Nome. Bridgett is soooooo nice to all the dogs and she has always been nice to me, … Read More
As if Aliy didn’t have enough to deal with, about five miles before reaching the White Mountain checkpoint she totally busted the right runner on her sled: She stopped the dogs for a few minutes while she dug through her sled bag and came up with enough “stuff” to lash … Read More
