Mike King

 http://www.alaskatrailkingadventures.com/                   King, 49, is from Guilford, Maine, but he now lives in Salcha, Alaska. For 20 years, King worked as a logger. Unfortunately, in 1990, due to an accident, he needed to stop logging. A week later, after going to see the first sprint race competition, King starting mushing. Since then, he has raced in the 1994 Valley Funally in Two Rivers (finished 1^st), the 1995 Fire Plug (finished 27^th), the Gold King (finished 1^st), the 1996 Yukon Quest (finished 17^th), and the 1999 Copper Basin (finished 17^th). In 1997, King started guiding dogsledding trips in the Brooks Range, and then in 1998, he started Alaska Trail King Adventures with 40 dogs. In 2007, National Geographic Traveler presented King with an award for placing 13^th with “Tours of a Lifetime.” When King is not mushing, he enjoys fishing.