Libby Riddles

Libby Riddles (born April 1, 1956) is an American dog musher, noteworthy as the first woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.[1]

Riddles was born in Madison, Wisconsin to Willard and Marry Riddles, and moved to Alaska just before her 17th birthday. Her first race was the Clines Mini Mart Sprint race in 1978, when she won first place. After finishing 18th and 20th in the 1980 and 1981 Iditarod races, she decided to breed her own sled dogs in order to advance. She moved to Shaktoolik, Alaska and worked as a fish seller for a short period while training her dogs, then moved to Teller, Alaska where she met Joe Garnie; they became partners and started breeding and training dogs together.

On March 20, 1985 Riddles won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the first woman to do so. After winning the race, she wrote three books about her adventure[2][3][4] and also became a professional speaker.[5]

After winning the Iditarod, she also decided to live like an Alaska Native for six years.[6]

References

  1. ^ Young, Ian (2002). The Iditarod: Story of the Last Great Race. contributor Timothy V. Rasinski (illustrated ed.). Red Brick Learning. p. 37. ISBN 073689523X. http://books.google.com/books?id=_og38sELPTcC&pg=PA37&vq=Riddles&dq=%22Libby+Riddles%22&as_brr=0&source=gbs_search_s&cad=0. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  2. ^ Riddles, Libby; Tim Jones (1988). Race across Alaska: first woman to win the Iditarod tells her story (illustrated ed.). Stackpole Books. ISBN 0811722538. http://books.google.com/books?id=mPXuTKlYVR0C&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Libby+Riddles%22&as_brr=0. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  3. ^ Riddles, Libby; Shannon Cartwright (2002). Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race. Illustrated by Shannon Cartwright (revised, illustrated ed.). Sasquatch Books. ISBN 1570612935. http://books.google.com/books?id=Udi1pWzDtJsC. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  4. ^ Riddles, Libby; Shelley Gill; Shannon Cartwright (2002). Danger: The Dog Yard Cat. Illustrated by Shannon Cartwright (illustrated, reissue 4 ed.). Paws IV Pub. ISBN 0934007209. http://books.google.com/books?id=j1Ac88F4YW4C. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  5. ^ Pardes, Joan (2000-06-29). "Entertaining the tourists". The Juneau Empire. juneauempire.com. http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062900/Ent_tourists.html. Retrieved 2009-05-07. 
  6. ^ Riddles, Libby (1999). "Female Frontiers QuestChat Archive". NASA Quest > Archive. http://quest.nasa.gov/space/frontiers/chat_archives/riddles01-28-99.html. 

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