Lance’s own website tells the best story!
Cheers and chants “Mackey, Mackey, Mackey” echoed in the night as Lance ran down chute with his champion dog team, shaking hands and thanking spectators for coming out to see him finish.
Great photo of Lance and his lead dogs in Nome!
Lance wins the 2008 Iditarod!
Another clip from the video, Appetite and Attitude:
This is a clip from our new video Appetite and Attitude, with Lance talking about what he did toward the end of that race when he stopped at Cape Nome:
I’ve quoted sections of Don Bowers’ Trail Notes here a number of times, and hands down they’re the best descriptions of the trail I’ve read anywhere. But who is Don Bowers and why did he write them?
Alaskan writer Craig Medred profiled Don Bowers in an article published in the Anchorage Daily News in June, 2000. [...]
Lance barely slowed down going through Safety - in at 23:44 and out at 23:45! Safety is where they get their bibs back for the run down Front Street - he must’ve practically grabbed his on the way by! Go Lance, Go!