Published: May 3rd, 2008 10:51 PM
Last Modified: May 3rd, 2008 11:20 PM
About two weeks ago, we asked readers who was the toughest outdoors or sportswoman in Alaska. More than 450 of you voted. Some suggested names not on our list.
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Kelley Griffen
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Nina Kemppel
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Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant
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DeeDee Jonrowe
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Here are the top five in the unscientific poll.
• DeeDee Jonrowe -- 49% for the veteran Iditarod musher and consistent Top-10 finisher.
• Laura McDonough -- 12% for eight-time Susitna 100 footrace winner and the only woman to win the Alaska Wilderness Classic.
• Nina Kemppel -- 8% for the four-time Olympic skier and longtime force at Mount Marathon.
• Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant -- 7% for the first woman to bike to Nome.
• Meg Purdue -- 5% for the McKinley climbing ranger.
Among those mentioned by readers were Gov. Sarah Palin and Mat-Su musher Kelley Griffin, the first woman musher to race the Yukon Quest and Iditarod in the same year.
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