HUMAN

Name: SALLY SMITH
Age: 68
Residence: ALASKA
Occupation: RETIRED
Years involved with Iditarod: SINCE 1992
Iditarod Role: I AM THE VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION COORDINATOR
Current Location: LAKEFRONT ANCHORAGE HOTEL – ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Date of Photo: FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Temperature: 65F / INDOORS

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

WE GOT INVOLVED WITH THE IDITAROD BECAUSE WE LOVE DOGS. MY HUSBAND RAN FOR TWO YEARS, AND WE JUST CAN’T GET AWAY FROM IT. WE LOVE OUR DOGS.

Tell me about your most rewarding experience on Iditarod?:

IT WAS IN 1993 AND I WAS IN THE SLED. AND IT WAS A SURPRISE – THAT I GOT INTO THE SLED FROM THE WASILLA AIRPORT TO KNIK. AND I WAS CARRYING A DOZEN RED ROSES – A SURPRISE FROM MY HUSBAND. AND I CRIED THE WHOLE WAY, I WAS SO EXCITED.

What do you know for sure?:

THAT IF YOU TREAT PEOPLE THE SAME WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREATED, THIS WHOLE WORLD WOULD BE SO GREAT. AND I TRY TO TREAT PEOPLE THE SAME WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED.