Eye on the Trail: Telephoto Story – 4th & Cordova

About six blocks from intersection at 4th and “D” Street where the Ceremonial Start begins, the teams take a right off 4th Avenue onto Cordova St. Interesting events take place at that corner.  In 2017 Jeff King, wearing bib #34, and his Iditarider rounded the corner…  From this photo sequence, you can see the rest of the story.

going…

Going…

GONE!

PRICELESS would describe the Go-Pro footage captured by the Iditarider.

By the way, this is a great physics lesson on center of gravity and base of support.