As of this writing, at 6 pm on Thursday, there are still almost 50 mushers on the trail to Nome, and every one of them is achieving a Herculean feat in mushing! Among those still making their way to Nome are Lance’s brother Jason Mackey, Louis Nelson, Sr. and his son Robert, Rohn Buser, Cindy [...]
On the front page of today’s Anchorage Daily News there’s another great article by Craig Medred. Here he’s comparing Lance to the last musher who dominated the Iditarod, Montana’s Doug Swingly:
A homegrown Alaskan — the son of 1983 Iditarod champ and sled-dog racing fixture Dick Mackey — Lance is as down to earth and friendly [...]