The 100 Toughest Races in the World
#68
Iditarod
Description
You can't compare it to any other competitive event in the world! 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.
Event Details
| Categories | Adventure Racing |
| Host | Mark Nordman |
| Location | Anchorage, USA |
| Contact | Mark Nordman |
| Website | http://www.iditarod.com/ |
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| On Jan 4, 2010 Margery Glickman: | For the dogs, the Iditarod is a bottomless pit of suffering. Six dogs died in the 2009 Iditarod, including two dogs on Dr. Lou Packer's team who froze to death in the brutally cold winds. What happens to the dogs during the race includes death, paralysis, frostbite (where it hurts the most!), bleeding ulcers, bloody diarrhea, lung damage, pneumonia, ruptured discs, viral diseases, broken bones, torn muscles and tendons and sprains. At least 142 dogs have died in the race. No one knows how many dogs die after this tortuous ordeal or during training. For more facts, go to Sled Dog Action Coalition, http://www.helpsleddogs.org. |
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The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor
Stu Nelson is the Chief Veterinarian of the Iditarod Trail sled Dog Race, and has been for 16 years now. Before he moved into the position he was one of the trail vets for 9 years. That’s 25 years with the race, on the trail, and watching over the
Dr. Stu Nelson
dogs. (Stu will point out that he...
Quiet Moments
Quiet Moments Being a 1,000 mile race that spans up to two weeks, there are lots of little things that happen during the Iditarod. The Iditarod quickly becomes rhythmic after the start. It is a race of repetition. It is a race of silence. It is a race of quiet moments that build in intensity and importance as the teams get closer to the goal. It seems obvious from the outside, run the dogs, feed the dogs, rest the dogs, take care of the dogs, put booties on the dogs, run the dogs,...
The Exodus from Nome
The Exodus from Nome
A bit more than a week ago, John Baker won the 2011 Iditarod; a little more than two days ago the last team finished the race. 1,049 miles…on a dog sled, 16 dogs pulling a woman or a man across Alaska, from Anchorage to Nome. It’s pretty incredible. 62 people and their almost 1,000 dogs marched to Nome in a race that dragged us through race and Alaskan history. It’s totally incredible.
Congrats and Goodbyes
Congrats and Goodbyes Sunday morning, the last dog team in the 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race crossed the finish line in Nome. The race was over. Monday morning, the front end loader came onto Front Street in Nome and with the help of an industrial strength snow blower and a dump truck, began to move the snow that had been brought in to create the finish line. With the two feet of hard packed snow removed, the front end loader was used to remove the Burled Arch that is the finish...
HALVERSON WINS THE 2011 WELLS FARGO RED LANTERN!
Iditarod Ends With 47 Official Finishers
Nome Alaska - (Sunday, March 20th, 2011)The 2011 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race officially ended at 10:45 this morning (Alaska Time) when Wasilla Alaska musher, Ellen Halverson (Bib #26), made her way under the Burled Arch on Front Street in Nome...
Bookends
Bookends
John Baker, 2011 Iditarod Champion with a record elapsed time of 8 days, 18 hours, and 46 minutes. Ellen Halverson, 2011 Iditarod Red Lantern with an elapsed time of 13 days, 19 hours, and 24 minutes. Halverson crossed the finish line here in Nome at 10:45 on a windy snowy Sunday morning. Yesterday, in White Mountain, Halverson said everyone remembers the winner and the last team; you get your
All Are Into Nome
Celebrating the Finish of Iditarod by Rolling in the Snow
From White Mountain, it’s only 77 miles to Nome BUT if the wind blows or a storm hits, the 77 miles can be the most dangerous of the whole Iditarod Trail. Out of White Mountain, there are five rather steep...
Iditarod XXXIX Awards Banquet A Huge Success!
Sunday, March 20, 2011 – Nome, Alaska – A huge crowd filed in to the Nome Recreation Center to hear tales from the Iditarod Trail, and congratulate the 47 elite that found their way to Front Street in Nome. The 2011 Iditarod saw a Native Alaskan musher follow his dream and shatter the fastest time from Willow to Nome by more than 4 hours. Kotzebue’s John Baker is the first native Alaskan to win the Iditarod since 1976. Aliy Zirkle from Two Rivers Alaska realized her dream receiving the...
Storm Warning
The weather has changed. Five teams are still on the trail, Taggert, Barnum, Jones, Siirtola, and Halverson. Taggert and Barnum are on the way from White Mountain to Nome, G. B. Jones will leave White Mountain at mid-day and Siirtola and Halverson will arrive here just before Jones leaves. Today it is snowing in White Mountain, there’s an 8mph wind out of the east. The sun will not show itself today. It could be worse, and before Siirtola and Halverson get to Nome, it will get...
Into Nome – Johnson and Carter
It’s four days since John Baker claimed the Championship of Iditarod XXXIX. There were thousands lined up on Front Street to cheer for the man from Kotzebue. As the Sunday Finisher’s Banquet draws near, the welcoming crowd has dwindled but their enthusiasm and respect has not.
