A few of you have sent emails or written comments inquiring if that’s Allen in the current video on the front page of the Iditarod website. So, I took a look at it. Yes, that is definitely Allen! Looking at the rest of the video, I also caught Allen’s B-Team … Read More
Hi, I’m Happy! I’m always Happy… That’s why they call me Happy! As you can see in the photo below, I’ve got some new neckwear! It’s not fancy or anything, but there’s a pretty good story that goes with it: It seems like no sooner did we get back to … Read More
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
