Ep. 117: Dog Sled Racing and Iditarod with Blake Freking
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2015
⏱️ 44 minutes
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During the month of March every year, the Iditarod sled dog race is run in Alaska from Willow to Nome and covers more than 1100 miles over 9-15 days or more depending on the team. 2016 will mark the 43rd year for the race and three-time Iditarod competitor, Blake Freking is with me today to talk about the incredible adventure sled dog racing is.
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| 0:00.0 | I took four dogs from that group and went back and got my sled and kind of pieced it together. |
| 0:05.0 | And the sled was destroyed to the point where there was nothing in front to hold it together. |
| 0:09.5 | So basically it was two skis with a big bag dangling in front of it. |
| 0:13.5 | My skis kept hitting frozen buffalo crap and sent me rolling. |
| 0:19.0 | After having this major head and spine trauma, |
| 0:21.8 | I got drug about halfway across the burn. |
| 0:24.0 | And later in the race, |
| 0:25.7 | I wasn't sure if I could continue on. |
| 0:27.4 | My back injury was so bad. |
| 0:29.0 | And I ran into a veterinarian who's also a chiropractor. |
| 0:32.6 | And he managed to fix me up and got me dialed in, |
| 0:35.5 | and we made it to know him with no problem. |
| 0:36.9 | But that was a pretty wild time. |
| 0:52.4 | Episode 117, Sled Dog Racing and the Iditarod with Blake Frecking. |
| 0:58.3 | This is the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 1:01.6 | Brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 1:04.1 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:05.4 | Thank you. Hey, guys, it's Travis. |
| 1:21.2 | Hey, earlier this week on the Monday episode, Kurt announced our Eldora lift ticket giveaway. |
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| 1:28.3 | definitely have time to get in on that. All you have to do is send an email to contest at |
| 1:34.0 | adventure sportspodcast.com. In the subject line, just put lift ticket and in the main body, |
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