Thanks to Mary-Beth Schreck and Barbara Swenson for photos of the Black Team Ceremonial Start. Bean and Chemo Ernie and Lydia Chris with Cayenne and Ruth with Ernie Allen getting ready; with Iditarider Jaci Owen Lydia: “Chris, I’m going on the Iditarod”; “Chris, did I tell you I’m going on … Read More
The Ceremonial Start is always so much fun. There were thousands and thousands of people lining the trail from 4th Avenue all the way to Campbell Airstrip. People were having a great time cheering, waving, BBQing, dancing… you name it. We did have a very very close encounter with a … Read More
The Iditarod Ceremonial Start is just that: ceremonial. You will see some dogs on our rosters for today that will not be leaving for the 1000 mile adventure on Monday but, perhaps for sentimental reasons or because we left some of the dogs at home that don’t travel well, we … Read More
Our final sponsor event before the big day was a fun, family orientated event with the Verizon Wireless team in Anchorage. Verizon employees and their families all came together to send off our two teams into the wild. Aliy and Allen told some stories and showed a few videos before … Read More
One of our Iditarod traditions is to take a couple of dogs and a few of the crew to the Matson Shipping office at the Port of Anchorage to say hello. Today Allen, Junior, Quito, Chris and Ruth met with the team down there and had a fun, social time. … Read More
Congrats to Carrie, Shawn and Percy who are fans of Izzy and Shannon and Maggie who are fans of Nelson! Izzy is beyond confident. She is somewhat of an elitist. She can run any position in the dog team and have a major impact. She is a star! Nelson looks … Read More
Allen and the Black Team will wear bib number 36 and Aliy and the Red Team will wear bib 41 down the Iditarod Trail! During the day, our Ceremonial Start athletes (plus Rambler) and Chris, Ruth and Mark journeyed down the Parks Highway to Anchorage. It was a picture postcard … Read More
One of the most fun sponsor events we look forward to is the annual Eagle Pack breakfast at Gwennie’s in Anchorage. Dr Al Townsend brings together several Eagle Pack employees and representatives to an Iditarod celebratory breakfast with the Eagle Pack family of mushers. Allen, Martin Buser, Aliy, DeeDee Jenrowe, … Read More
Following on from her participation at the Lead On conference in November, Aliy has joined forces with ANDVSA and Matson to further the cause. Read the press release below. Lead On, Aliy! Aliy Zirkle Teams Up With ANDVSA To Help End Violence in Alaska ANCHORAGE, ALASKA (March 1, 2017) – … Read More
We are just a few days away from the start of the Iditarod! How did that happen? Wasn’t it just fall? 2016 Red team re-start in Willow The timetable for the squad is pretty full for the next week. Someone said recently that ours is a logistics-heavy sport and this … Read More
