May 29, 2007

• Iditarod Update

  Okay, don’t hit me!!  I know I go way too far overboard while the race is on, and I know that it has been over for a couple of months, but this is something that several people asked me about previously, and I did not have an answer until recently.
  
  You may recall that Lance Mackey is this year’s champion, coming right out of his third consecutive Yukon Quest championship to win his first Iditarod.  You may also recall, now that I’m mentioning it, that he had to drop his beloved lead dog Zoro in the last days of the race because Zoro developed pneumonia.

  (I had thought that the dog’s name was spelled Zorro, but I learned a couple of days ago that Lance only uses one “r” in there.  I spelled the name the way I saw it in the Anchorage Daily News.  I also reported, after ADN, that one of the two leaders into Nome was named, “Lippy.”  I later learned that the dog’s name is Libby, presumably after Libby Riddles, first woman to win the Iditarod.) 

  After Lance and his team arrived in Nome, several Xangans asked me how Zoro was doing, and there hadn’t been a bit of news on his condition for me to report.  At the time, I had used the email link on Lance’s Comeback Kennels website to inquire about Zoro’s condition.  I suppose Lance had been busy with other matters for a while and just got around to answering his email.

  This is the text of the email I received this week:

  Zoro’s doing great, he come through everything just fine and is back to a normal happy husky. I will have my web lady up date the web site.

  Thank you for caring
  Good trails to you
  Lance~

  I, of course, was thrilled to get mail from one of my heroes, with good news about another hero.

  

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