Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph (96-kph) winds whipsawed in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about 10 feet (3 meters) and forcing him off his sled as his dogs hunkered down in the snow.
“I did not voluntarily make that stop,” laughed Sass, who was seeking his first Iditarod victory last year but had five-time champion Dallas Seavey just a few miles behind him. “We got blown off the trail and it took me an hour to get all my stuff back together and figure out where I was.”
