Bvar22, wasn't it you

[Blue_In_AK]

who was the mushing enthusiast? I don't know if you were aware or not, but Susan Butcher succumbed to leukemia yesterday after a very brave fight over the past several months.. Alaskans are definitely in mourning today; she was a remarkable woman.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. She will be remembered...

Iditarod legacy
Susan Butcher was a four-time Iditarod champion who finished in the top 10 in all but two of her 17 races. Her fastest time was 10 days, 22 hours, 3 minutes in 1993.

1978 19th
1979 9th
1980 5th
1981 5th
1982 2nd
1983 9th
1984 2nd
1985 Scratch
1986 1st
1987 1st
1988 1st
1989 2nd
1990 1st
1991 3rd
1992 2nd
1993 4th
1994 10th

[Blue_In_AK]

2. I almost got into it

with some people in GD who were accusing her of cruelty to her dogs. There was a never a person alive who loved her dogs more than Susan did. She was absolutely the best, and everybody here knows that. It pisses me off when people from Ohio who don't know anything about Alaska or the Iditarod - or Susan Butcher for that matter - want to make those kind of remarks the day after she died. No class.....

[bvar22]

3. No...though I have a great respect for Iditarod.

I've seen Susan on TV several times, and there is no doubt that she loved her dogs.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Maybe it was Robb...

Whoever it was and I were tag-teaming some PETA types last February about the Iditarod. Of course, nobody's mind got changed, but it was a good argument anyway.

[uppityperson]

5. I saw that and good for you for staying out of it.

sometimes people talk and don't know what they are talking about. She will be missed.