Iditarod rookie Eddie Burke Jr. fell asleep and lost his dog team this weekend. Temperatures had dropped far below zero. And he needed help. The musher who stepped in: Burke's top competition for Rookie of the Year.
It wasn’t how Iditarod rookie Eddie Burke Jr. wanted to start his 34th birthday.
“I yelled, ‘Whoa!’” he said. “And I yelled the leader’s name, Dudley, thinking it would get his attention, and it just made him hit the burners and he just took off full sprint.”Burke estimated he was 18 miles from the next checkpoint, Eagle Island. He said he didn’t panic. He had no other choice but to start walking.
Then he spotted another headlight. This time it was his closest competitor for the prestigious Rookie of the Year award, Hunter Keefe.
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