With the cut-off still three weeks away, participation in the Chilkat Challenge Triathlon is nearly double that of last year’s inaugural event.
About 100 people from Anchorage, Haines, Whitehorse, towns across Southeast as well as Seattle, Vermont and South Carolina have signed up for the 37-mile paddle, run and bike race. “It’s really getting to be more of a statewide and, in fact, a national event,” race marshal Gershon Cohen said.
The race is sponsored…

