The Iditarod: A Dream Job?

The Iditarod dog-sled race began on Saturday. Each team of 12 to 16 dogs will cover 1,409 miles and take some 9 or ten days. This is, perhaps, the most extreme sport of them all. A true testament to the human (and canine) spirit and a test of survival. Mushing through blizzard conditions, these are brave soles. At times, the temperature can reach a wind chill of -100 Fahrenheit. The winner takes home around $70,000. And serious bragging rights.

This brings up a point: I'd like to add this to my list of "Dream Jobs."

A while back I posted my top five dream jobs, a post I can't locate at the moment. I'm sure it included freelance writer, Disney Imagineer, and three others (I'll find them eventually).

Today, I'll add a few seasonal Dream Jobs:

1 - Dog sled Racer
2 - Mountain Climber
3 - Pixar Animator (they have an opening right now)
4 - Ski -Patrol
5 - Political Speech Writer

If you want to follow the Iditarod:

www.iditarod.com
www.dogsled.com
www.iditablog.com


(there is a site linked through these that does GPS tracking for some of the 95 teams that started this year's race; it's neat)