Saturday, March 26, 2005
Last place
Only in the Iditarod does the last-place finisher get a prize. Phil Morgan was happy to receive the Red Lantern award. I would be too, if I can travel 1100 miles through Alaska with a bunch of dogs. He finished with only 8 dogs of the starting 16, having had to drop many of them back because they were in heat (yes, that other kind of heat; dogs will be dogs). He was marching his team to the finish line, instead of standing on the sled and letting the dogs pull. It must have been quite a sight. People do crazy things for a little lantern.
- posted by Woofwoof @ 12:02 PM
