Competitors beware of the King of Kings
He’s often referred to as the King of Kings among Prince Albert Winter Festival competitors, but Franklin Carriere can never be certain if he’ll return the next season or not.
“I might show up, but I’m hurting, I’m old, but there’s still stuff I can do just to be in there. When you’re 70 year’s old you don’t know what’s going to happen next week,” he said.
At the age of 70, Carriere has been participating in the King Trapper event since 1966 – the year after the Winter Festival was first created. He’s one of the longest participating competitors in the festival’s history.
“I was in the dog races up until about 1970 and ever since then I’ve been competing every year,” he said.