HUMAN

Name: SETH NIENHUESER
Age: 33
Residence: GUNNISON, COLORADO
Occupation: VETERINARIAN
Years involved with Iditarod: 1
Iditarod Role: VETERINARIAN
Current Location: KALTAG, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 10, 2019
Temperature: 30F / OUTDOORS

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

I ALWAYS HEARD ABOUT THE IDITAROD GROWING UP. AND I HEARD SOME REALLY GOOD STORIES AND WANTED TO EXPERIENCE THE ADVENTURE.

Tell me about your most rewarding experience on Iditarod?:

PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS ACTUALLY LAST NIGHT JUST GOING THROUGH THE NIGHT. I HAD THE MIDNIGHT-TO-6AM SHIFT. AND IT WASN’T REALLY THAT COLD, BUT IT WAS WINDY AND PERSEVERING THROUGH IT ALL AND CHECKING ON TEAMS AND ALL THAT. AND THEN WATCHING THE SUN COME UP AND REALIZING THAT YOU HAD DONE YOUR PART AND PLAYED INTO A WHOLE PUZZLE OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SMALL SACRIFICES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AND GETTING REWARDED BY THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISE.

What do you know for sure?:

EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE.