18 below zero

Have a brilliant Storify by Blair Braverman about a 200 mile dogsled race interrupted by finding a hypothermic musher lying in the snow.

After we left downtown, the trail ran between a highway and stormy @LakeSuperior. 45mph wind, whiteout conditions. I couldn’t see my dogs.

2:33 PM – 18 Feb 2016

The third stage of the race was when things got exciting. The dogs looked great and I was feeling good about our chances of finishing.

23 miles into the wilderness, I came around a corner and there was a woman lying on the trail.

She could barely talk. I put hand warmers on her neck and made her eat candy. It was 18 below zero and she’d been lying there for hours.