Annual sled dog race «Iditarod Trail Dog Race 2014" Bashny.Net

Eleven days of incredible stress and hundreds of kilometers of snowy expanses behind. This material we summarize completed, the forty-first in a row sled dog race «Iditarod Trail Dog Race 2014».

Traditionally, the race will start on the first Sunday of spring, and last from eight days to two weeks. It depends primarily on the weather conditions and the physical capabilities of participants. In 2014 at overcoming all of 1868 kilometers, the riders took 11 days. Note that no record was nine to five hours a day. Unlike previous races, this year one of the main problems was the lack of snow. This not only made it difficult to move around, but also often led to injury.