Iditarider Auction

The auction to ride on a dogsled for the first 11 miles (through Anchorage) in the 2008 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is underway... It ends January 18th. You can find it at http://www.iditarodauction.com/. Looks like they have 91 mushers registered to do the race this year, so far. The deadline to register with your dog team is November 30th.

That auction site gives you a brief bio of the mushers. I think it's interesting to see the wide range of folks who enter the race. You can't just wake up one morning and decide to be dragged 1100 miles across Alaska by a pack of dogs. From what I've heard, you must qualify to enter by having run at least a couple other long dogsled races.

Anyway, bidding starts at $500 to be an Iditarider. If any of you win a spot and need an igloo in which to crash while you're here... let us know!