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Cynical Misanthrope
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Alaska
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Iditarod
Brent Sass won the Iditarod this year. Dallas Seavey was hot on his trail but just couldn't catch up. Came in about an hour later. Took about 8 ½ days for a winner to be declared. The next 12 hours will probably see another half dozen or so mushers come in. And they'll trickle in over the next few days. Last person to complete the Iditarod gets the 'red lantern' award.
One definitely unique aspect of the Iditarod: it's the only race I know of in which you might have to kill something: https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/20...r-near-galena/ I like dogs and I've gone out with some friends who have teams, but a race of > 1,000 miles through the Alaska wilderness does not sound like fun. But it's better than running the Iditarod trail myself. I have a couple of friends who are into long-distance running and she has this sled that she attaches to her waist. She has run the Iditarod trail to Nome in the past. She carries a sleeping bag, stove, food, etc., sleeping out on the trail at night. She said it took her a couple of weeks. Thanks, but no thanks. Anyway, details about the race and standings, etc., are here: iditarod.com |
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03-13-2024, 01:24 PM | #31 |
Cynical Misanthrope
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You wouldn't make a good musher, then. I've been to several Iditarod starts and have known a few mushers. Never seen a musher whip a dog and if it were ever established that a musher did whip a dog, that musher would be kicked out of the race.
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03-13-2024, 02:26 PM | #32 |
George Brett shit his pants
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That is good to hear. I thought that was a thing or maybe was back in the day.
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03-13-2024, 02:35 PM | #33 | |
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The Iditarod can impose time penalties if a majority of the three-person panel agrees a rule was broken and that a competitive advantage was gained. Penalties can range up to a maximum of eight hours per infraction. The 'and' is a key term here. What competitive advantage did he gain by not gutting the moose thoroughly? I guess it's a competitive advantage that he saved time by not doing it, but he obviously lost time by tangling with the moose in the first place and doing a gutting, even if it was insufficient. Eh, maybe the competitive advantage is because he shortened the gutting time, but it still strikes me as odd. I'm sure he would have gone faster if he'd never tangled with the moose in the first place. So maybe instead of getting a competitive advantage, the penalty was for reducing a competitive disadvantage? |
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03-13-2024, 02:55 PM | #34 | |
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03-13-2024, 03:04 PM | #35 |
pew pew madafakas
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They took this story off the paywall it was behind. So cp has clearly drove traffic to this terrible call. I bet there is a rule change after the draft and im glad the guy won.
Jokes aside, what an awesome string of dogs that dude has. I love professional animals that have a job. |
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03-13-2024, 03:11 PM | #36 | |
Cynical Misanthrope
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Longer answer: I have very little doubt he did everything he could to not tangle with the moose but moose are moose. They do what they want. And if that moose is in a bad mood and standing in a thicket of trees and the dogs come too close because they're paying attention to the trail and just enjoying running, that moose could well charge right out into those dogs. And a 1200 pound moose flailing its hooves could seriously injure or even kill one of those dogs. In such a case, the musher absolutely would need to kill that moose quickly. And at that point, the rules state that you have to gut the moose properly so its meat can be distributed. |
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03-13-2024, 03:18 PM | #37 | |
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This article talks about the rule and how it has been needed more in recent years. I thought it was interesting that the other teams can't just continue on past the impacted team.
Also, he was not the first to tangle with this moose but by then the moose was pissed. Quote:
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03-13-2024, 04:02 PM | #38 |
Hung off the Night Train
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We did a report on the Iditarod in 6th grade. They all gave us a musher/sled to follow and we mapped out the course and kept tabs on the race.
It was really interesting for me as a kid. Then i kind of forgot it existed |
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03-13-2024, 04:25 PM | #39 |
NFL's #1 Ermines Fan
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I wonder if there's a similar rule in the NFL in the event that a large animal wanders onto the field. The refs have to stop the game until the animal is killed and gutted, and then the meat is distributed to the fans.
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