Sunday, March 3, 2013

Musher Diva

Christine and team in the Iditarod Ceremonial Start in Anchorage
We've given some in the club 'Diva' nicknames to highlight roles they've assumed (e.g. Membership Diva) or things we know they like (Stretch Diva) or to acknowledge their overall awesomeness (Ulitmate Diva), but I don't think anyone knew that we had a Msuher Diva in our midst until the Anchorage Daily News featured Christine Roalafs in its pre-Iditarod coverage this week.  Today Christine and 16 dogs start a 980+ mile trip from Willow to Nome. 

Along the trail near the real start in Willow (photo by Gloria)
Go, Christine, go!  The Divas are cheering you on! 

8 comments:

Alaska's Dirt said...

Fantastic......it would be great if we could experience these trails with her.

corinne said...

7:00 Monday: Christine has reached Finger Lake. Next stop: Rainy Pass.

corinne said...

9:30 Wed: looks like Christine is in Nikolai this evening. She's taking great care of her dogs -- all 16 are still with her!

corinne said...

Christine is getting a lot of press for a rookie. Wednesday's ADN featured several photos of her. Friday morning and she's on her way to Iditarod ghost town checkpoint with 15 dogs.

corinne said...

Sunday morning and Christine is past the halfway point of Iditarod and on her way to Shageluk (love that name -- it must have featured in an SNL skit or two), still with 15 dogs in harness!

corinne said...

Thursday and Christine is out of Shaktoolik (another great name) and headed down the trail to Koyuk. If she'd slow down, she might be able to snag the red lantern. Wouldn't that be cool?

corinne said...

She's bringing home the Red Lantern! Woo-hoo!

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