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MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE AT THEIR BACKS…
by Amy Geiger · 2 Comments
I have a confession to make….a chill went down my spine and I felt like I was on the verge of tears at the start of the Yukon Quest. I guess it is the age old feeling of embarking on a long and tremendous journey that tugged on my heartstrings and made me feel like I was bearing witness to something unusual, something larger than life. Something Great.
You know how in those spectacular turn of the century paintings (by the great Alaskan artists- Sydney Laurence, Theodore Lambert, Eustace Ziegler) where the people are so small and our fierce landscape overwhelms them? You know how this land, this land we love called Alaska, doesn’t really care about us, our frailties, our complexities and how that makes us love Alaska even more? The Quest conjures up all of these powerful, primordial thoughts and emotions. The mushers and the dogs are those little figures in the big sub-arctic landscape….and their very real frailties and strengths will be tested by an Alaska that doesn’t even realize they exist.
The 1000 mile, tough as nails, Yukon Quest International Sled Dog race began in Fairbanks on February 6th, 2010. The weather and the trail are excellent, a record pace is being set, and the number of front runners is huge compared to past years. Kudos to all the heroic people and dogs that accepted the challenge of the Yukon Quest….May the wind always be at their backs and the sun warm upon their faces.
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It was truly inspirational to watch the mushers go-
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Thank you.
Wonderful. Took the thoughts and emotions straight from this girls core. Thank you for placing them so lovely into word form.