For a little over a week now, several dozen teams of mushers have been racing across Alaska in the annual Iditarod. Blair is a big fan, and spends a lot of energy looking at race updates. And talking about it. I'm not really into mushing, but I do find her observations interesting.
This year's topics of discussion included:
- Why Nic Petit's dogs went on strike. According to some, he has been pushing them too hard and too far. This goes against the conventional wisdom that he's very gentle with them.
- Lev Shvarts, who may be the only Jewish musher in this year's race, scratched.
- Actually, a lot of mushers have scratched near the end when they likely could have finished. They did it for the dogs.
- Yotam Haber, a pianist and composer from the University of New Orleans, severed a finger participating in the ceremonial opening. It's been reattached, and he has started therapy. But, geez, if you make your living playing music with your hands, you shouldn't go mushing.
Anyway, I have a couple albums by Hobo Jim. This is, by far his best-known song.
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