Iditarod TV Series Premiers Tonight!

0Josh • 14th Oct 2008 • blog entries, i'm a nerd, Iditarod

This should be the last of the Iditarod mentions on this blog until next spring when Iditarod 2009 kicks off in March (I normally save all mushing posts for my other blog – iditablog.com).  I did want to remind everyone one last time though that this evening will be the premier of “Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod” on the Discovery Channel.  It will be the most comprehensive look at the Iditarod to date as it seeks to follow not just the leaders of the race (as most coverage has done in the past) but those all through the entire pack of mushers.  There were nearly 30 teams that were outfitted with cameras during last years race.  The production company that has been working on this show for the last 8 months is the same group that has done the very high quality, and very entertaining “Deadliest Catch” and “Ice Road Truckers”.

The video below is 2-time consecutive Iditarod Champion Lance Mackey appearing recently on Conan O’Brian to promo the Discovery show.

UPDATE: 10/18 – I updated the post to actually include a video of Lance on Conan, along with keeping the video of Mackey listening to Jeff King after Lance’s close 2008 Iditarod victory.