Being Schooled

Since this race report is going to take me some time to complete and since the posts will end up in reverse order from the event time table, I thought I would publish a TOC.

Table of Contents

• "A Parable of Sorts..."
• The tale
• Explanation
• "First lessons"
• Lesson 1: -10 is cold; -17 even colder
• Lesson 2: Misery loves company, but fear demands it
• "Learning to learn"
• Lesson 3: You just can't tell the weather in Alaska. In fact, you can't tell it anything!
• Lesson 4: The sled does what the sled wants.
• Lesson 5: Venting
• "Serious lessons"
• Lesson 6: There's always someone
• Lesson 7: Sometimes walking is faster, even on flat ground
• Lesson 8: There are measures of silence
• Lesson 9: It doesn't matter how good your gear if you don't use it
• "Slow learner"
• Lesson 10: These are no mere checkpoints
• Lesson 11: There's something called "noglide"
• "Night classes"
• Lesson 12: The incentive of other's demise
• Lesson 13: There's cold and then there's...
• "Study time"
• Lesson 14: Necessities are anything but bare
• Lesson 15: A day can pass in the blink of an eye
• "Final Lessons"
• Lesson 16: It's all uphill in the snow
• Lesson 17: You can be scared without feeling scared
• Lesson 18: Forgetting all I'd learned
• "Lessons Learned"
• Lesson 19: Looking back is looking forward
• Lesson 20: Always leave them smiling