Kristen Lodge:
"January weather hit a low of 40 below in Alaska, then a warm spell hit when they arrived. Minus 10 was the lowest temperature the team encountered, he said.
“The weather was similar to Grand County, but there were no storms or wind. We were as lucky as we could get so we enjoyed it more.”
After the first day riding 80 miles they were exhausted.
“It could've been much worse if we didn't have the training. Until you actually do it, words can't prepare for how hard it was,” said Tarr.
Team members Tarr, Bruce Knight, Kevin Cox and Cory Ziegle — all from Grand Lake — started the race, but after mechanical problems only Tarr and Knight made it to Nome and the finish line.
On day one Tarr dropped into an 8-foot creek. It took 45 minutes to get out. After an 8-hour riding day they got stuck twice. On day two, near the Happy River, it felt like they were on Mars, Tarr said. This is where Kevin Cox earned his nick-name — MacGyver — when he wired back his machine. The failure on Cox and Ziegle's snowmobiles was due to a bolt sheared off from damaged rails. On day three they needed to make it to the next stop that had an airport to fly the machines out...."
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