HUMAN

Name: BUCKEY WINKLEY
Age: 77
Residence: RAINY PASS LODGE
Occupation: HUNTING GUIDE. 2019 WILL BE MY 56TH YEAR
Years involved with Iditarod: WITH JEFF SCHULTZ, 30 YEARS OR MORE. LATE ‘80S.
Iditarod Role: HELP AT LODGE
Current Location: RAINY PASS CHECKPOINT, ALASKA
Date of Photo: MARCH 5, 2019
Temperature: 18F / OUTDOORS

What is your Why?.. Why are you here today and involved in Iditarod?:

I’M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I LIVE HERE AND THE IDITAROD COMES HERE. SO I DON’T HAVE MUCH CHOICE.

Tell me about your most rewarding experience on Iditarod?:

PROBABLY MY MOST REWARDING IDITAROD EXPERIENCE IS GOING WITH JEFF OVER THE TRAIL; UP OVER RAINY PASS AND SEVERAL TIMES DOWN TO RHONE AND OTHER PLACES IN BETWEEN WHILE HE PHOTOGRAPHED IT.

4 Comments

  1. Buckey! This is Linda that cooked with Robin several years at RPLodge in the 80s..hi! Are you still doing bronze? Would love to catch up with Robin too..im on fb

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