March 12, 2016

Up till now, the Iditarod has been one of the last "pristine" sports event to survive all the other negatives of so many sports.
Early this morning, ALIY ZIRKLE was just outside NULATO checkpoint when she was attacked by  a snow machine. She was able to get to the checkpoint and alert the authorities there.
JEFF KING was behind ZIRKLE, 12 miles out of NULATO, when the same snowmachine
attacked him and his team resulting in the death of one of his sled dogs and injuring him and 2 other of his dogs. They received medical attention when they came into NULATO. I believe, at this time, they have ID'ed  the man as being from NULATO. No other news as yet. Such a terrible shame.
Naive as I may be, I had hoped no such violence could ever touch such a beautiful event as the Iditarod.