Alaska sled dog mushing icon Lance Mackey has died. Mackey’s Comeback Kennel announced on its Facebook page that he passed away Wednesday evening after a long battle with cancer.
Mackey, who lived in the Fairbanks area, has been a fixture in long-distance sled dog racing for many years. He won the Yukon Quest four years in a row, starting in 2005. He’s also the only musher to win the Iditarod four straight years. The 1,000-mile races are held just a month apart. He became the only musher to win both races in the same year in 2007. And then he did it again the next year.on Aug.
“Fully believe it is not my time yet,” he wrote, “and I’m still doing pretty good but I’m going to have a lot of things to get done in my life.” The mushing world mourned Mackey’s passing overnight on social media, with Iñupiaq musher Apayauq Reitan sharing a memory of Mackey helping her during the 2019 Iditarod.
Lance Mackey was an incredible person, and huge inspiration. We would visit him at his house and he would be super nice and welcoming. I was honored to run Iditarod 2019 with him. He took time out of his race to give me advice on fixing my broken sled.
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