GB ジョーンズ著
GB ジョーンズは、アイディタロッドや他の犬ぞりレースで一度も優勝したことがありません。2002年と2004年には、1,100マイルの犬ぞりレースをほぼ最後尾で完走しました。また、2003年のレースでは途中棄権しました。これは、ノームへの旅路に関するGBの記録であり、最初に到着しなくても勝利はあり得ることを証明しています。
You don't have to win to have a story worth telling, and GB Jones proves that with every mile he logs near the back of the pack. The details about his 2002 and 2004 runs give you a real sense of what those 1,100 miles demand from a person.
The near-last-place finishes in 2002 and 2004 make for a far more gripping read than any champion’s memoir. I read the whole 1,100-mile race tension in one sitting, and his dry take on being at the back of the pack had me laughing out loud. It’s refreshing to follow a real musher, not a legend.
It’s refreshing to read about a musher who’s more focused on the grit of finishing than on winning, and the detail about those two 1,100-mile runs near the back really makes you respect the effort. The writing captures that underdog spirit without over-glamorizing it, though I wish it dug a bit deep