S3E6: The first 100 miles

Iditapod

English - March 04, 2019 18:47 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 213 ratings
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Previous Episode: S3E5: Clock ticking after Willow restart

Next Episode: Rainy Pass interviews with Jessie Royer, Matt Hall, Linwood Fiedler

We check in from the trail, where mushers covered the first 100-plus miles from the Willow restart Sunday to the first checkpoints, Yentna and Skwentna, and on to Finger Lake. Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes talked to mushers at Skwentna overnight, and we take a listener question on sled design. Also, today's episode features an extended interview with Ester musher Paige Drobny, an Iditarod veteran and one of a record field of female mushers.