Kim Darst, the first New Jersey resident to qualify for the 1,000 mile Alaskan sled dog race, will speak of her experience.
Eight days into the race, the musher from Blairstown and her 16 dogs had taken the most punishment Alaska had to offer: temperatures of 45 degrees below zero, an unexpected blizzard that left snow up to her waist; a grueling 200-mile stretch that took her from 77 feet above sea level to 3,177 feet above.
And then her lead dog, Cotton, became hypothermic due to the extreme cold, with a temperature 20 degrees below average. Faced with the choice of saving her dog or finishing the race, Darst saved her dog's life.
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Darst will bring her lead dog, Cotton, to the program.
