Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te nuinga o te tīmatanga o te whakataetae kuri tarakihi rongonui rawa o te ao, kua hipokina e te toka kore, e akiaki ana i nga kaiwhakahaere o Iditarod ki te neke atu i te tīmatanga ki te raki, kei reira te hukarere me te huka. Na te āhua o te rangi i horomia ai te rawhiti o Amerika e te hukarere, i tino mahana ai a Alaska, ā, kāore he hukarere i tēnei hotoke, ina koa ki te tonga o te Alaska Range. 'Ki te mea he tangata anō hei ki mai ki ahau kia nekehia te Iditarod ki Boston, ka ruru taku mahunga,' e ai ki te kaiwhakahaere o te whakataetae a Mark Nordman. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. I tēnei whakaahua i tangohia i te Rāhoroi, kei reira ngā papa o te tarutaru me te paru i runga i ngā ara o ngā kuri i Anchorage, Alaska, kāore e tika ana mō te Iditarod. Ka tīmata te Whakataetae Ngeru o Iditarod Trail i te Rāhoroi ki tētahi hīkoi tūtohu mā Anchorage. Engari i neke te tīmatanga ā-ture i ngā rā e rua i muri mai i te 225 maero ki te raki, i runga i te Alaska Range, ki Fairbanks hei karo i te rohe i mahue i te maha o nga mushers i pakaru me te toto i te tau kua hipa. E ai ki ngā rangatira o Iditarod, he kino rawa ngā āhuatanga i tēnei tau. Ko te kaiwhakahaere matua o te whakataetae, ko Stan Hooley, i kī ko ngā āhuatanga 'he tino kino.' A, ko te tau kua hipa, ehara i te mea reka. Kotahi te musher i te tau kua hipa i tangohia atu e te rerenga whakaora i muri i tana haerenga i te Dalzell Gorge, engari i patua tona matenga ki te rākau rakau i roto i te Farewell Burn. I te iti iho i te kotahi haora te roa o te korenga, ka hoki a Scott Janssen ki te ara i muri i tana oho ake. Engari, i muri tata iho, ka whati i a ia tōna waewae i a ia e hikoi ana i runga i te hukapapa e ngana ana ki te pupuri i tētahi kuri e rere ana. Mush!: Ko te kapa a Aliy Zirkle e rere ana puta noa i te roto o Willow i te whakataetae kurii Iditarod Trail Sled i Willow Lake, Alaska i te tau kua hipa, i te mea he nui te hukarere o te whenua. 'Hei tangata o waho, ehara i te mea whakamiharo kia whakaorangia mai i te ara,' i kii a Janssen. E 78 ngā kaitākaro ka whai wāhi ki te whakataetae o tēnei tau, tae atu ki ngā toa o mua e ono me ngā tauhou e 20. Ko te toa e tūmanakohia ana ki Nome i roto i te 10 rā. Ka taea e nga Alaskans te whakawhetai ki te awa jet, e kawe mai ana i te hau mahana mai i te Moananui a Kiwa, e ai ki a Dave Snider, he tohunga huarere ki te National Weather Service i Anchorage. 'Ko taua tūnga o te jet...
Ko te nuinga o te tīmatanga o te kuri tarakihi rongonui o te ao, ko te Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, kua hipokina ki te kirikiri koretake. He tauira huarere i tanumia ai te rawhiti o U.S. ki te hukarere kua waiho a Alaska i te tino mahana me te kore hukarere i tenei hotoke. E 78 ngā kaitākaro ka whai wāhi ki te whakataetae o tēnei tau, tae atu ki ngā toa o mua e ono me ngā tauhou e 20.