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[mithious]

Boo,

I never got Gails post? I have NO CLUE what was said, other than what you said? I'm still half confused

Ya I saw that..... I'm still going HUH?

Oh wonderful...oh that would be awesome....I hope I can talk some big Alaskan guys into helping me over to her dog truck....who knows, maybe? wouldn't that be the bomb?

Oh I hope they can pull bibs together!!!!! Yup your right...being at the back DOES insure the doggie flu!!!!! It only takes one head down to scoop some snow That was a very hard year...soooo sloppy and wet too...remember? Who was it that went swimming in overflow? I forget..old timers I felt sooo bad for them having to scratch......lots of snow this year, except up around Unalakleet....

Well, we are praying for all involved...

[Breeze]

Boo, Mith.... and all...

When I read Craig's piece I sincerely wondered if he has ever even held a Garmin GPS unit in his hands, or actually USED one to get from point A to Point B. One needs a lot more than a battery pack to use a GPS, and the myriad of way points needed to navigate the Iditarod Trail routes by dogsled make the thought simply silly.


He just doesn't want to UNDERSTAND any part of the pure gut-knowledge combination of skilled musher/sled-driver, skilled dogs, Iditarod trail culture or community. Craig writes to an audience that is similarly ignorant, but still wants to "hear and sensationalize" about Rachel and the Iditarod. He sells his copy because there is an ample audience for "water cooler conversation", and anyone can invoke his prejudicial opinion because they read the daily paper....... without thinking of the real world test.

Rachel is now an Iditarod veteran. She has finished. She 's been lost, off course, hurt, has had sick dogs, has scratched to favor her dogs health , been personally beat up, thrashed physically and mentally, and yet she is ready to do it again, AMEN.

Rachel isn't a rookie, and if ITC wants to send a message that She and Joe are second hand citizens, I'd be right in line to complain.


Breeze



Breeze

[mithious]

WOW, had a hard time trying to post to this thread all of a sudden...weird!!!!

Yup Breeze.....Rachael knows what she needs....she's running this race the way she want's to......ALOT of other mushers team up and travel together throughout the race....

I have not been a Medred fan myself .....I like what Boo said Me-Dread ROFL

Soon there will be someone or something else to take his mind and pen elsewhere

GO RACHAEL GO !!!!!!

[flowerpower]

My experience has been that people who talk ABOUT people with so-called "handicaps" have never talked TO people with "handicaps", and thus they remain ignorant people who are best ignored.

[boo]

Um, he is a wee bit more sinister than that.....in '05 he hopscotched a good ways up the trail, poising himself at dicey places in the trail, waiting for her to pass, then zooming ahead to the next dicey section. Paul Ellering knew exactly who he was and keenly observed what Medred was doing. Just felt like he was hoping for a train wreck and perhaps be vindicated in his venomous attacks before the race. Rach had no idea who he was until AFTER he gave her a ride out on the Skwentna airstrip to catch Cletus (one of her dogs that had been dropped at that checkpoint) and who got away from the vets. Cletus is very shy around strangers so Rach wanted to go get him.....and he ran straight into her arms, luckily. Even with all the aircraft and snowmachine commotion. I DO appreciate that he 'volunteered' to assist, but given the history, don't know that it was much more than getting closer to his 'subject' and hoping for more of a story in the end. I don't remember if that ended up in the Iditarod version of 'No End In Sight', but he never did introduce himself. Anyway......

[flowerpower]

Mmm..sounds unethical at the very least, as a former journalist I despise what jerks do in the name of a so-called "story"; still they thrive on the publicity they can generate(or create, in many instances). I ignore them all whenever possible in hopes that they starve to death! I know it must be incredibly difficult to be on the receiving end of such bad behavior, but Rach's choice to stay above the fray speaks volumes of her character. There is no point in trying to educate such people, because true education cannot find room to grow in their tiny little brains.

[mithious]

Mmm..sounds unethical at the very least, as a former journalist I despise what jerks do in the name of a so-called "story"; still they thrive on the publicity they can generate(or create, in many instances). I ignore them all whenever possible in hopes that they starve to death! I know it must be incredibly difficult to be on the receiving end of such bad behavior, but Rach's choice to stay above the fray speaks volumes of her character. There is no point in trying to educate such people, because true education cannot find room to grow in their tiny little brains.

I coudn't agree more with what you said, nor need I say more!!!! Well said flowerpower!!!!!