18 teams are still out on the Iditarod trail. Ellen Halverson — a rookie from Wasilla — has the Red Lantern at Eagle Island. Halverson has attempted the Iditarod twice before, but scratched both times.
Juneau’s only musher in this year’s Iditarod understands how tough it is to give up on the race. Deborah Molburg Bicknell says she’s proud of herself and her dogs, though she was unable to finish the 1,100-mile run from Anchorage to Nome.
KTOO’s Rosemarie Alexander has the story.
What an inspiration Bicknell is! That sounds incredible for someone who is 35, much less 61!!! Thanks APRN for the good interview and audio stream so I could listen to the whole thing (I only caught part of it on the radio).