Av GB Jones
GB Jones har aldrig kommit först i Iditarod, eller något annat hundspannslopp. År 2002, och igen 2004, genomförde han det 1 100 mil långa hundspannsloppet nära slutet av fältet. Och han bröt loppet 2003. Detta är GB:s berättelse om sin resa till Nome – ett bevis på att seger kan uppnås även för dem som inte anländer först.
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