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eorogers wrote:I'm looking at the storm again and Rick Swenson spent 34 1/2 hours in Unalakleet. He dropped from 19th coming in to 28th leaving. I wonder if there was something else going on also.

Eric

I'm guessing that's where he retired from racing, took a long rest, then meandered into Nome. ...Dave

Last night in chat we were talking about other years and other storms. We have an Iditabud name of eorogers. Eric shared many tails about raising and training sled dogs. He also ran the Iditarod a couple years, one of those years was 2009. There was a big bad storm that year also. Eric and a few others 'camped' out on the Yukon. We sat in our cozy homes and worried. I found this thread. There is a link in here that should take you to his report about that experience, but, it wouldn't open for me, I hope someone else has better luck.

So the 2018 storm is not the first one to affect the race.

Thanks for bumping up this thread, Fdf. Imagine the stories told around campfires and woodstoves since that race--and those to be told going forward from this one.

Miss eric and his knowledge and experience, where are you buddy?

He's living in Colorado. Pushing a bike around the countryside instead of a dog sled.

Eric, come on back buddy!

Moose wrote:He's living in Colorado. Pushing a bike around the countryside instead of a dog sled.

Well he should show up to visit with us even if he is not running dogs now

I sent a note to him in one of his Facebook posts and got this reply:
"Yeah, I burned out a little, and I'm feeling homesick - the combination is kind of tough to handle "
We've all been there and should understand, hopefully he will be back soon.

sc-race-fan wrote:I sent a note to him in one of his Facebook posts and got this reply:
"Yeah, I burned out a little, and I'm feeling homesick - the combination is kind of tough to handle "
We've all been there and should understand, hopefully he will be back soon.

Thanks SC, hope that passes and he will be able to join us next year. Loved the way he taught us about training his dogs.
He makes learning enjoyable.