Pat Moon was born with a degenerative disease, ulcerative colitis, which requires stress free living and frequent restroom breaks. Not wanting to live within these constraints, Pat began training to run a professional dog sled team. The ultimate goal was to guide his team under the burled arch in Nome, at the end of the 1,049 mile Iditarod. A brutally harsh and physically demanding race, the Iditarod is often referred to as the Last Great Race. 16 dogs and one driver across Alaska, in the Winter While preparing for the last portion of the 2009 race season, Pat was diagnosed with non-hodgkins lymphatic cancer. Not one to back down from a challenge, Pat was not swayed from training or his goal. In 2010 and 2012, Pat has run the Iditarod. 2011 did not see Pat race domestically, rather he secured the North Hope Invitational Cup for Chicago, while racing in Kostroma, Russia. During this year's Iditarod, Pat was credited with saving the life of a small child, assisting with emergency medical care in a remote interior village of Alaska. Although saving a child is mind boggling, what makes this interaction more amazing, is that Pat has just decided to scratch from his life's goal, on the basis of dog care and looking out for his team's best interest and well being. Humble to a fault, Pat shares his life story and brings remote Alaska, to the lower 48. His presentations are fully interactive and feature an award winning sled driver, all the winter gear needed to survive the typical -50F temperature, his main race sled, and his leader, Hera the Wonderdog. Each presentation is crafted to the needs and characteristics of the audience.

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