Owner Interview: 1973 Iditarod Race Sled
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Owner Interview: 1973 Iditarod Race Sled
After watching Sports Memorabilia expert Leila Dunbar appraise a 1973 Iditarod race sled during ROADSHOW's 2023 stop at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, hear more from the owner about what it's like to race in the annual sled dog race.
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Owner Interview: 1973 Iditarod Race Sled
Clip: Season 28 | 4m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
After watching Sports Memorabilia expert Leila Dunbar appraise a 1973 Iditarod race sled during ROADSHOW's 2023 stop at the Alaska Native Heritage Center, hear more from the owner about what it's like to race in the annual sled dog race.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipSPEAKER: That's the Iditarod# at 28 minutes of age and we## had no idea what we were creating back then.
This is the sled that I took.
It's one of only## two sleds that survive from that first race.
It's like training for a marathon.
A marathon## runner has got to put the, put the miles# on to be ready for the race.
Also, lots## of particular training.
How to pass another# team, whether to go left, whether to go right,## whether to speed up, whether to slow down.
The first two are the only ones that ever## went all the way from Anchorage to Nome with# no interruption, skipping ahead to restart,## or anything like that.
They were over 1,100 miles# long by the route we took.
Today, the race is right at## about 1,000 miles.
Usually the,## the team takes its cue from the dogs up front.
You put your fastest dogs up front,## the hardest drivers, and, of course, the# ones that listen and will take commands.# You have to figure out where# each dog fits in the team.# Just like a football team, you've# got your, your linemen and your skill## position players and so forth.
They each have their place.# My original lead dog was named "Fat Albert" and he became a national celebrity when The## Wall Street Journal and its, uh, weekly# news magazine, The National Observer,## sponsored my team for the second race.
And, uh, they said at the end of 12 straight## weeks that the readership would not let it go.
There are two iconic, um, what you call them,## awards for people who have finished.# And so they're the belt buckle,## done by Richard Burmeister, and the patch.
And a lot of people that know they have## no prayer to win just say, "I'm just# going for the buckle and the patch.
"# Just a little group of us got together after the# first race and decided we needed to form a club.# So we did.
And as we're discussing things,# um, we decided we needed a, a club patch.# It features an image of myself coming# into Nome on the first Iditarod race.# And I thought, well, it should be big# to show the size of this undertaking,## and Alaska, and the trail.
And it should be elegant## to kind of show the prestige.
It is very exclusive, of course.# Only those who have finished the race can wear it.
Three weeks past my 30th birthday right here,## so I'm 80 right now.
Actually, I thought about## running the race this last year, the 50th# race, and I approached my friend Dan Seavey,# who's a couple of years older# than I, but in great shape.# And, and we talked about it, and we could have# done it but, uh, we decided finally not to.# I'm still at my age very competitive.
The race isn't the same today as it was then.# It's much more of a pure race.
Back then it was an expedition.# And I thought that Alaskan native musher from# the Yukon, Ken Chase, one of our trail mates,## said it best.
Said, "Rod, there were no# rookies on the first race.
We were explorers."
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