Speaking Russian in the Iditarod
Teacher on the Trail
March 10, 2013
8:33 pm
I was able to get out of McGrath Sunday morning with pilot Marty Carlson. It was smooth flying for a while, then the low clouds
I was able to get out of McGrath Sunday morning with pilot Marty Carlson. It was smooth flying for a while, then the low clouds
The weather plays a factor in the way a musher runs a team. This year it has been unseasonably warm and that affects the dogs
One question students always tend to ask is, “What happens if a dog team gets tangled?” Well, that happened today to James Volek as he
I flew into Takotna early Thursday afternoon. A few mushers are here taking their 24 hour layover. Both Rudy Demoski and Charlie Benja came through
After being in Nikolai for 28 hours I was flown back to McGrath. The timing was later than anticipated due to the weather in McGrath
As Teacher on the Trail, I was sent to this race to experience it from all aspects. I never, in my wildest dreams, thought one
The last 10 mushers are just making it into Nikolai this early morning – a few are here and a few are on the trail
I lost my lead (for those of you who are tracking me on GPS) and flew back down the trail to Nikolai. The pilots of
supervised, examined, kept safe, fed, loved on, and are the dogs that mushers drop from their teams when they arrive in checkpoints along the
SKWENTNA CHECKPOINT CONT. “Dog traffic.” That’s the start of the Communications (Coms) report from the Skwentna River to the cabin at the top of the
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