2025-01-30
26 分钟As you probably can tell, many of my recent episodes have been about incredible people from Cornelius Vanderbilt,
who revolutionized the transportation industry in the US to George Ferris, who created the Ferris wheel.
Recently we also talked about Diana Nyad who swam from Cuba to Florida.
I love a good story and today you you'll hear a great one.
This episode was part of season two and it's about the expression to pull some strings and the Great Iditarod,
a dog sledding race across Alaska.
There's a fascinating backstory and I hope you enjoy learning all about it.
You're smart, you know that every topic related to animals is somewhat controversial.
So listen to the end and then form your own opinion.
What do you think about the Great Iditarod?
Let me know.
In any case, I hope you enjoy this two part episode.
I won the Iditarod and we brought home a check for 50,400 and a new Dodge pickup.
I then promptly turned around and wrote a check for $57,000 for a container of dog food.
21 tons.
To field a seriously competitive team, you're looking at about a quarter million buc a year.
We don't have the luxury of not doing something that might bring in a couple grand,
you know, so we're doing whatever we can to make ends meet.
You know, racing is the one thing that I don't really try to make money doing.
There are other races besides the Iditarod where you could pick up five or ten grand here or there.