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Susan Butcher

Chronology

1954	Born December 26 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1962	Begins a school essay with "I hate the city"
1969	Receives first husky dog as a gift
1970	Moves to Colorado and works for a sled-dog breeder, begins mushing
1973	Moves to Alaska
c.1974-76	Spends three winters training in the Wrangell Mountains
1976	Travels to Knik, Alaska to meet and train under Joe Redington
1977	Jumps into freezing cold water for publicity to secure sponsorship, Redington predicts she will one day win Iditarod
1978	Enters and finishes 19th in her first Iditarod
1980	Charges $6,000 worth of dog food to David Monson
1985	Pulls out of the Iditarod after being attacked by a pregnant moose
1985	Marries David Monson
1988	Becomes first person to win Iditarod three times in a row
1990	Sets Iditarod time record (16 days, one hour, 53 minutes) that remains until 1994
1990	Becomes second person to win Iditarod four times
1994	Retires to raise a family and tend to her dog-breeding business