HUMAN

Name: Lem Pappas

Age: 34

Residence: North Pole Alaska

Occupation: Truck Driver

Years involved with Iditarod: 4

Iditarod Role: Volunteer/Dropped Dog Return

Current Location: McGrath Alaska

Date of Photo: March 8, 2022

Temperature: 34F Outdoors 

What, who or how and when did you first get involved with the Iditarod?

I first became involved in the Iditarod when my brother ran it in 2016 with Martin Buser’s dogs. Moved up to Alaska that year and, I believe it was 2017, I went out and handled in Unalakleet, helped with the return dogs there. And then I’ve been involved almost every year since then with return dog.

What is your Why? Why are you here TODAY and involved with the Iditarod?

I’m here today and involved with Iditarod because its good fun, goof around in little villages and play with dogs. Tell me about just one of your most memorable Iditarod experiences. 

Tell me about just one of your most memorable Iditarod experiences. My most memorable experiences with the race are having fun with dogs and meeting a lot of mushers that I’ve only watched on the tracker or seen videos of.

Tell me about just one of your most memorable Iditarod experiences. One of my most memorable Iditarod experiences was doing a pirouette in an airplane on a runway at Nikolai.

What in life do you know for sure? What I know for sure in life is time marches on and the weather always changes.