HUMAN

Name: Richard Waugh

Age: 61

Residence:  Poynette, Wisconsin

Years involved with Iditarod: 1

Iditarod Roles: Volunteer/Trail Crew

Current Location: Ruby, Alaska

Date of Photo: March 10, 2022

Temperature: 15F Outdoors & Windy

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

I first became involved with Iditarod from a friend of mine, Tim Asher, who lives in Alaska.

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

I’m here today involved with Iditarod because of Tim Asher wanting to know if I would be willing to come up and work on the Iditarod. I said I’d gladly take the opportunity to come up here and try it, and see how it goes.

Tell me about just one of your most memorable Iditarod experiences.

One of my most memorable Iditarod experience so far, is just being involved and the amount of people that gets involved with it, and community that engages this whole Iditarod race and welcomes it to their community. And it’s just a great experience so far.

What in life do you know for sure?

What I know for sure in life is, you just never know, you take each day as it comes, and take each opportunity as you can to learn from it.