QUOTE (krakyn @ 8-Sep 08, 9:48 AM) |
It is and event where people might be getting on something that they get flipped up in the air by. |
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When it rains it gets hard to know where you are or where you are going possible or something along that line resembling one trying to get out of a maze.. |
QUOTE (alskann @ 8-Sep 08, 3:36 PM) |
Is this event unique to Alaska? Is it one annual event, more of a competition, with two different variations? |
Nuts I do not know the name but it is a big tarp and they bounce people on it. I did not think that this was unique to our northern natives though. I will have to go see if I can find more detail on this.
My grade 5 social science is rather shady of late, where is that son of mine.
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IS one called Quviasukvik I think there is a big tug of war to see if winter or summer wins sort of like our ground hog day as well.
Edited: krakyn on 11th Sep, 2008 - 1:35pm
QUOTE (krakyn @ 11-Sep 08, 5:30 AM) |
IS one called Quviasukvik I think there is a big tug of war to see if winter or summer wins sort of like our ground hog day as well. |
Ok, Ok - lets see
At first I was thinking it might be ... The Iron Man - race. Hundreds enter. Only one wins. Since this has been a big - HUGE thing in the news here lately with our political campaning people from Alaska and it is mentioned a lot.
HOWEVER - it did not include animals. That would be the Iditarod. I did have to ask for some help though as the "only 2" was the confusing part for me. Two trails are used depending on snow and weather conditions.
Am I right?
You are so right!
The Iditarod Trail is an annual event and it switches each year between the Northern Trail and the Southern Trail. Here is a little blurb with a source link if you would like to know more!
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Alaska's most famous race You can't compare it to any other competitive event in the world! A race over 1150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain Mother Nature has to offer. She throws jagged mountain ranges, frozen river, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast at the mushers and their dog teams. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, the hazards of overflow, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Iditarod. Originally, the Iditarod trail served as a supply route for materials from the coastal towns of Seward and Knik to the gold fields and camps in Northwest Alaska in the early 1900's. Mushers hauled mail and supplies to towns such as Iditarod and Nome and brought out just-mined gold. In 1925, it gained international fame when a team of mushers and dogs raced against time and the elements to relay diphtheria serum to Nome. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race originated in 1973 to commemorate this life-saving trek. |