HUMAN

Name: BILLY HONEA
Age: 64
Residence: RUBY, ALASKA
Occupation: LABOR 942 OUT OF FAIRBANKS
Years involved with Iditarod: AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER, I THINK I STARTED MAYBE BACK IN THE ‘90S OR SO
Iditarod Role: SPECTATOR
Current Location: KALTAG, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 9, 2019
Temperature: 31F / OUTDOORS

What is your Why?.. Why are you here today and involved in Iditarod?:

I JUST LOVE IT, I GUESS. MY DAD USED TO RUN IDITAROD. MY DAD, DON HONEA, SR.

Tell me about your most rewarding experience on Iditarod?:

ONE TIME I FORGOT WHAT YEAR IT WAS, BUT JACK NIGGEMYER TOLD ME TO GO OUT TO THE AIRPORT AT CRIPPLE CHECKPOINT. AND I WENT OUT THERE AND I STOPPED BY POORMAN AND THOSE GUYS ON THE TOP OF THE HILL, THEY HAD GAS AND THEY TOLD ME I COULD HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW. SO I STARTED PUMPING GAS AND I PUMPED DIESEL IN THERE. I THOUGHT IT WAS GAS. AND MY SNOW MACHINE WOULDN’T GO ANY MORE AND I GOT STUCK THERE. AND I COULDN’T GET OUT OF THERE. SO I HAD TO WALK ALL THE WAY BACK TO POORMAN WITH BUNNY BOOTS AND IT TOOK ME LIKE 12 HOURS.