Ep. 153: Dog Sledding and the Iditarod Trail with Debbie Moderow
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2016
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Debbie Moderow moved to Alaska in pursuit of her mountain climbing passion. She would soon learn to love a new found friend and a whole different adventure sport. At the age of 47, Debbie competed in her first Iditarod sled dog race and she's on the show to share her experiences with us.
The Book: Fast into the Night: A Woman, Her Dogs, and Their Journey North on the Iditarod Trail
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| 0:00.0 | And I thought, oh, I know what they want. |
| 0:02.0 | They want to see me go off, the steep, steep drop off into the Dalzell gorge. |
| 0:06.6 | And sure enough, my dogs disappear over this cliff, two by two by two. |
| 0:11.3 | And I think, I am going to stay on my feet. |
| 0:14.4 | And I can see that camera dangling. |
| 0:17.0 | And I managed to get over that drop off in one piece and after this miserable performance |
| 0:24.4 | that I knew very well they'd been filming. |
| 0:26.7 | I just, I had on these big Arctic mittens and I raised my hands over my head at that helicopter |
| 0:31.9 | and raised my middle finger. |
| 0:34.0 | Of course, they didn't see it and I never would have done it publicly. |
| 0:36.4 | And I just thought, |
| 1:02.4 | take that. I just did that well. This is the Adventure Sports Podcast, brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 1:04.1 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:13.0 | Adventure Sports Podcast, episode 153, dog sledding in the Iditarod Trail with Debbie Maudro. |
| 1:28.6 | Well, it won't be long before all of the snow is gone and we'll soon be complaining about that heat. |
| 1:32.7 | So why not have one more winter adventure story on the show before that happens? |
| 1:37.5 | Debbie Maudro moved to Alaska in 1979 to pursue mountain climbing. But after adopting an Alaskan husky named Salt, she and her family quickly discovered a love for another sport involving these wonderful |
| 1:44.1 | animals. This newfound love for a husky turned the Modro family into a family of musher's. |
| 1:50.2 | In 2003 at the age of 47, Debbie decided to take a crack at the 1,000 mile long I diderod sled dog |
| 1:56.0 | race for the first time. And she's with me today to describe her experiences in this 43-year-old event. Debbie, |
| 2:02.0 | welcome to the show. Thanks so much, Travis. It's great to be on. Good to have you. So I was telling |
| 2:07.8 | you, my wife came across your book in the bookstore the other day, and she said, you should interview |
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