As the wound-licking and boat repairs in Ketchikan turn to team departures—We Brake For Whales, Unfinished Business, Budgie Smugglers, and Dacron and Denim are already southbound—attentions begin to turn to the racers with the hardest-of-cores: the human-powered crowd. With the bulk of these teams traveling largely together, one team has maintained the role as front-runner for the Oaracle Blister Prize: Team Wave Forager.
We caught up with Ken Deem for a short call, for your auditory delight:
Header photo by Peter Geerlofs