Frozen Dead Guy Days

Slideshow  •  Joanna Kakissis  •  03.13.09 | 10:19 AM ET Photo 4 of 9

Among the festival's many contests is the Coffin Race. What do you need to compete? Six pallbearers and someone to ride inside a coffin, which needs to be sturdy enough to withstand an obstacle course. Here is one of the teams, pre-race, during the parade.


Joanna Kakissis's writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post, among other publications. A contributor to the World Hum blog, she's currently a Ted Scripps fellow in environmental journalism at the University of Colorado in Boulder.



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