No End in Sight: My Life as a Blind Iditarod Racer

Scdoris, Rachael; Steber, Rick

ISBN 10: 0312352735 / ISBN 13: 9780312352738

Published by St. Martin's Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: No End in Sight: My Life as a Blind Iditarod Racer
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312352735
• ISBN 13: 9780312352738
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 15 ounces

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Synopsis

The inspirational first person story of a young dog sled racer who had to overcome incredible odds to compete: she is legally blind

For more than eleven years, twenty-one-year-old Rachael Scdoris has been guiding teams of sled dogs across jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forests, and desolate tundra at speeds exceeding twenty mph. Not only is Rachael the youngest athlete to ever complete a 500-mile sled dog race mile, but she is also legally blind and has been since birth. 
Though she faced resistance from race organizers, Rachael finally achieved her goal of competing, with the aid of a visual interpreter, in the 2005 Iditarod Trail International Sled Dog Race across the wilds of Alaska.    
No End in Sight is a story full of heartache and hope, challenge and courage--  and ultimately the triumph of dreaming big and working to make those dreams come true.

About the Author

Rachel Scdoris is a dog sled racer who grew up in the Pacific Northwest.  She participated in her first Iditarod sled race in 2005.   Rick Steber grew up running sled dogs, and is the author of a number of nonfiction books. They both live in Oregon.