"A Minnesotan following a famous sled dog path was the first woman to arrive on foot Saturday night in the human-powered version of the race across interior Alaska.Pulling a sled packed with 55 pounds of gear, Kari Gibbons hiked into Nome after a little more than 27 days navigating the Alaska wilderness to win the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000." [1000 miles]
The story continues at the StarTribune [gift link].
Addendum: Found an artile about bicycling the Iditarod (in winter). Hot tip:
"The day before the race was spent cutting all the food into bite sizes (you can’t bite into a frozen candy bar and have a pleasant experience), assigning pockets for spare batteries, inhaler, toilet paper, chamois cream, eye drops, and everything that needs to be kept close to your body so it won’t freeze solid, and keeping an eye on the forecast..."
I'm pretty sure I would be caught dead if I tried to do that.
ReplyDeletePerseverance personified.
ReplyDeleteThere's a wheelchair-bound homeless guy who's been living in the downtown of my city for years. All kinds of weather. For my money, this is far more impressive. Most of this extreme sport stuff is fun and games for a class of white affluent people who don't have to work at a real job. Aren't raising a family. In a word, what occupies elitists of one sort or another. The daily grind of millions of Americans (to say nothing of the rest of the world) is what's impressive. Said the curmudgeon.
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