Iditarod 40: The Trail. Ruby to Galena

Iditarod 40: The Trail. Ruby to Galena      50 Miles From Ruby to Kaltag, the next 134 miles is on the Yukon River, passing through Galena and Nulato. In most years the local traffic keeps the river trail hard and fast. This section is well marked because wind and snow can cover the trail […]

Iditarod 40: Never too old to run sled dogs

Even the old dogs can teach a thing or two to the pups. No, I am not talking about sled dogs here. I am talking about the mushers. 71 year old Jim Lanier just won the GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award for being the first musher to run into the checkpoint of Cripple. Lanier, running […]

Serum Run 2011: Sled dogs arrive home

As the mushers and snow machiner’s crossed into Nome, some three weeks after the beginning of an epic journey that started in Alaska on a cold, wind-swept afternoon in Nenana, the home base support staff of this expedition sprang into action. At about 6:30 PM my friend Paul–who flew to Nome to see his wife […]

Iditarod 2011: John Baker wins the 2011 Iditarod

Well it’s official: John Baker of Kotzebue, Alaska is the winner of the 2011 Iditarod Sled Dog Race and it could not have happened to a better guy. Baker is now in select company with a group of individuals that make this sport what it is today. From the likes of Lance Mackey, Susan Butcher, […]

Iditarod 2011: Seven Mary Three and Four: John Baker is in Hot Pursuit…

Lets face it officer Jon Baker on CHiPs was by far the coolest cop to ever grace a Sunday Night Prime Time line-up in the late 70s and 80s. He made all of the ladies swoon with his knee high boots and his suave, awe shucks attitude. Jon Baker was born in Rawlins, Wyoming and raised […]

Iditarod 2011: Dynasties and Dream Seekers

Decades before my Iditarod dreams were even a simple fantasy there were families that would change the landscape of this Last Great Race that would become a dynasty. Today when you hear the names Seavey, Redington, and Mackey you think of just one thing: Iditarod Champions. Seavey Lets take the Seavey’s first. Dan Seavey, Sr. […]

Mush! You Huskies: MUSH the movie interview

On the latest edition of Mush! You Huskies, we interviewed filmmaker Alex Stein about his new behind-the-scenes documentary about the Iditarod: MUSH the Movie Stein is not only a filmmaker but an avid fan of the The Last Great Race, the Iditarod and spent the better part of two years making a film that tells […]

Mush! You Huskies radio show: Graveyard of Dreams

On the latest edition of Mush! You Huskies, we interviewed author and journalist Craig Medred about his book, Graveyard of Dreams. Graveyard of Dreams is a book about all those who aspired and dreamed of running the Iditarod. The Iditarod is known as The Last Great Race and to many they sacrifice it all in […]