...three days to the start from Nenana of our challenge of 700 miles towards Nome...on Balto’s footprints. I cannot hide you that I am excited and I can’t wait to ride my sled and…start with my dogs and Megh. The day before Yesterday we got back from Lake Louise where we trained the last time for 25 and 40 miles with Sven, Toni and Martin. Gianni the cameraman rented a sno machine to follow my team and shooted some wonderful tv footage. For two days we just talked about dogs with Martin. Yesterday instead we went to Anchorage to meet the other members of our “ expedition “ Keith and Beth who will drive with Gianni the sno machines supporting us. It has been a very important meeting !
...as you can imagine I am very busy with my last minute preparations but I am real happy that the time to leave and become serious …has come. The IDITAROD Sleddog Race suffered drastic changes due to the meanful weather which here in the south has practically cancelled all the snow because of the rain. The inaugural start will be held in a reduced manner in Anchorage the 1st of march but the real race will start two days later from…FAIRBANKS, 300 miles up north and…hear, hear…will follow our same trail from Nenana to Ruby on the Yukon where it will turn south to join the original route.
I’ll try to update you daily, thanks to the portable pc given by my friend Artini. You will forgive me if some times I will not make it in time but I promise I’ll do my very best from out there.
hugs ARARAD K.
