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One man and his dogs tackle the Alaskan wilderness

MUSH Randy Chappel is an investment analyst from Texas and this is his first Iditarod. Though he has trained hard for the race he knows that survival must come first

AP AND NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , TWO RIVERS, ALASKA

Chappel delights in those magical moments and will remember them always.

A Stanford grad with a master's degree in business, the 35-year-old rookie sledder quickly realized that the total price tag for this adventure will well exceed the US$50,000 he had budgeted.

He knows he won't win, but he doesn't care.

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