Doug Swingley

[citation needed] Swingley pulled out of the 2004 Iditarod because of frostbite in his corneas (eyes).

During the layover he was passed by Jeff King, but those two would challenge each other for the lead until the race reached the Bering Sea coast where Jeff King finally pulled away as Doug's team was having difficulty negotiating occasional stretches of bare ice.

Doug finished the race in second place behind King, but vowed to return in 2007 with a very strong team.

In 2002, he married Melanie Shirilla under the "burled arch", the traditional finish line of the Iditarod in Nome.

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