Photos & Video Day 6 - Final Stage

Day 6 start

Home-made sled, pole and harness - only broke once during the race!

Thanks to my employer Spirit Aerosystems, the worlds largest designer and supplier of aircraft structure, for sponsoring me.

The trail goes on...

Tough going..

 

Heading north on Grate Slave Lake to the finish line - a 'moonscape'.

Crossing the finish line after 6 days

 

Fellow racers completing a challenge they will never forget

Phil McMullen from Ireland receiving his finishers crystal from Scott Smith, race director

The finishers crystal

Whiskey, just what the doctor ordered (Edward Gilbert in red and Jack Broardhurst in blue are both doctors and chose this race to learn to cross-country ski!!)

An evening of celebration in Yellowknife's Dark Knight bar

  

 The awards for the top 3 in each category

Photos & Video Day 5

Another beautiful day

 

Start of day 5

  

Spirit Aerosystems sponsored sled performing well

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Approaching the end of the stage (ignore the last xx senconds, need to edit out)

 

Sled park

 

Trout Rock Lodge - V nice

 

 Proud winners of the 2002 Caribou Carnival 'Ugly Truck and Dog Contest'!

 

That looks like an eaisier way to get about..

 

 

End of day chat

 

Last night on the trail

Photos & Video Day 4

Fast start

En-route

Leaders in the ski category race for the line

At Camp

Camp life

End of day summary

Light show

Photos & Video Day 2

En-route

Lake crossing

Arriving at camp

  

 End of day video

The Northern Lights over Jennyjohn camp