The 20th Annual North American Wife Carrying Championship is happening on Saturday, October 12, 2019 as the major attraction for the annual Sunday River Fall Festival Weekend in Bethel.
Troy Murphy was at Sunday River as Donny Pelletier over the weekend for a few more hilarious last runs on the snow and mud as they close for the season.
This very cool video was captured at Sunday River over the weekend and posted to Facebook by Andy Paco Blanchard of Rumford. As the spring skiers were going up on the lift, they got a big surprise as a mama bear and two cubs wandered onto the trail.
Groomers are going crazy for the 20 inches of fresh snow that they have to work with as a base. Shawnee Peak has moved up it's season opening to this Saturday, their earliest opening in years.
This insane obstacle course is navigated with the wife carried face down on the husband's back her arms wrapped around his waist and legs around his neck. The race even has a giant mud puddle (called the widow maker) to get through. Crazy right?