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Brent Sass won the Iditarod this year. Dallas Seavey was hot on his trail but just couldn't catch up. Came in about an hour later. Took about 8 ½ days for a winner to be declared. The next 12 hours will probably see another half dozen or so mushers come in. And they'll trickle in over the next few days. Last person to complete the Iditarod gets the 'red lantern' award.
One definitely unique aspect of the Iditarod: it's the only race I know of in which you might have to kill something: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/20...r-near-galena/ I like dogs and I've gone out with some friends who have teams, but a race of > 1,000 miles through the Alaska wilderness does not sound like fun. But it's better than running the Iditarod trail myself. I have a couple of friends who are into long-distance running and she has this sled that she attaches to her waist. She has run the Iditarod trail to Nome in the past. She carries a sleeping bag, stove, food, etc., sleeping out on the trail at night. She said it took her a couple of weeks. Thanks, but no thanks. Anyway, details about the race and standings, etc., are here: iditarod.com |
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03-16-2022, 07:40 AM | #16 |
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I keep seeing this thread in the list and it reads "Idiotard".
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03-16-2022, 08:21 AM | #17 |
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04-14-2023, 03:25 PM | #20 |
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Decent article on the Iditarod from a recent issue of GQ. I say ‘decent’ because it gives too much credence to PETA and other groups. As far as I’m concerned, they aren’t from Alaska. They don’t know Alaska. They couldn’t make it Alaska so they can just **** right off. I’ll listen to PETA when they volunteer to arrest and prosecute the 1300 lb brown bear that just dis-respected the rights of the young moose by eating it alive. Until then, I hope PETA dies in a fire.
But it’s a good profile of Dallas Seavey from a family whose name is inseparable from the Iditarod. Also, for this year, a Redington won. That’s another name that’s Iditarod royalty. And Jason Mackey, Lance’s brother, ran on his behalf. Jason won the Red Lantern, the award given to the last finisher of the Iditarod. The Iditarod is such a grueling experience that even last-place winners get recognition. Part of the reason I mention Jason is that his sister-in-law works with my wife. Lance was a real Alaskan. He was of a type that is unfortunately disappearing in this Great Land. His brother ran in his memory. https://www.gq.com/story/dallas-seavey-iditarod PS: I do find it interesting that the author writes about snowmobiles and uses the phrase snowmachine. As far as I know, that term, and ‘snow-go’, are uniquely Alaskan. |
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I was working in Fairbanks years ago during the Iditarod And saw a Pepsi truck go through an intersection and kill some dogs .
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Iditarod started yesterday. It's the second day of the race and Dallas Seavey had to shoot and gut a moose on the trial. There are specific rules about what to do when you have to shoot wildlife on the trial.
I am unfamiliar with any other premiere race or sporting event that has rules about what to do when you have to kill an animal in the middle of the race. Not saying that no other event has such rules. Maybe the Baja 1000 does - what to do if you hit a deer. I mean, you never see them having to stop the Kentucky Derby and kill a wild animal. https://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventu...oose-on-trail/ And for those who don't read the article - the moose is gutted, race officials are notified, and locals will go take the meat from the animal so it won't go to waste. |
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So it was in the way and that's why he shot it? Or did he hit it?
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This says that he got a penalty for not gutting it properly: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-ti-rcna142373 Per the article, they apply the penalty if they think he got a competitive advantage by not gutting it properly. I'm not sure why killing a big animal could possibly be a competitive advantage in any way. It seems like something you would want to avoid.
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As far as the penalty, the rules govern what you must do if you have to kill a big game animal, such as a moose or a bison. Killing a big game animal is obviously an option of last resort but the results require that if you do, the animal must be properly gutted/cleaned. For those who do not know, gutting means cutting the animal open and removing its intestines and organs. This does two things, both of which help preserve meat. The first thing it does is to cool an animal quite quickly. The fur on these animals is extremely thick and dense to retain heat. By opening a carcass, air can get through the fur and cool an animal. Similarly, most of the bacteria that speeds decay is in the intestines. By removing the intestines, it will cool the intestines slowing their rate of decay but it will also remove a source of contamination from the carcass. The race involves various checkpoints that are roughly 50 - 90 miles apart. These dogs run at around 6-7 mph so there might be a delay of a few hours for a musher to get to the next check point and tell people what happened. Local residents will go out and find the animal and bring it back to town, cutting it up and distributing the meat so it wont go to waste. (about 80+% of the local diet will be game anyway) In such circumstances, it would be tempting to not sufficiently gut an animal to save time. This rule is designed to prevent people from doing that so that the meat can be salvaged. I expect that Seavey told them what happened, continued with the race, locals went to the carcass and realized it had not been sufficiently gutted and informed race officials. |
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