Biography
Dries Jacobs, 27 was born in Bruges, Belgium in 1980. He has a masters in translation (English/Spanish) from College Brussels and has worked in Michigan and Italy. Dries says, "I have always been fascinated by the extreme, whether it is hot or cold. The extreme cold has always attracted me. I think that humans should never have lost their relation with nature. Being out there and surviving on what nature provides gives me inner peace, away from 'civilized' world. Since I was a kid, I have travelled a lot. That explains my interest in languages and seeing the world. My dream is to one day do expeditions with dogs in some of the world's most beautiful places. If I can finish the Iditarod, I will be ready for any kind of expedition." Dries is single and his hobbies and interests include: running, travelling, skiing, hiking, and fishing.
2008 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 12:20:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 16:06:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 21:35:00 | 16 | 3/03 00:55:00 | 15 | 3h 20m | 5h 29m | 7.66 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 04:50:00 | 15 | 3/03 13:15:00 | 15 | 8h 25m | 3h 55m | 8.68 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 19:30:00 | 15 | 3/04 06:49:00 | 15 | 11h 19m | 6h 15m | 7.20 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 12:48:00 | 15 | 3/04 20:05:00 | 15 | 7h 17m | 5h 59m | 5.01 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 03:00:00 | 15 | 3/05 12:50:00 | 15 | 9h 50m | 6h 55m | 6.94 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/06 08:45:00 | 15 | 3/06 13:25:00 | 15 | 4h 40m | 19h 55m | 3.77 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 20:16:00 | 15 | 3/07 21:23:00 | 15 | 25h 7m | 6h 51m | 7.88 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/07 23:49:00 | 15 | 3/07 23:50:00 | 15 | 0h 1m | 2h 26m | 7.40 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/08 02:24:00 | 15 | 3/08 10:12:00 | 15 | 7h 48m | 2h 34m | 9.74 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/09 01:15:00 | 15 | 3/09 13:03:00 | 14 | 10h 48m | 15h 3m | 3.92 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 03:45:00 | 14 | 3/10 11:53:00 | 14 | 8h 8m | 14h 42m | 7.62 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/10 17:11:00 | 14 | 3/11 02:50:00 | 13 | 9h 39m | 5h 18m | 9.81 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/11 08:50:00 | 13 | 3/11 15:49:00 | 13 | 6h 59m | 6h 0m | 8.67 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 20:13:00 | 13 | 3/12 04:00:00 | 13 | 7h 47m | 4h 24m | 9.55 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 22:22:00 | 13 | 3/13 05:05:00 | 13 | 6h 43m | 18h 22m | 4.90 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/13 10:15:00 | 13 | 3/13 17:00:00 | 13 | 6h 45m | 5h 10m | 8.13 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 22:39:00 | 13 | 3/14 05:29:00 | 13 | 6h 50m | 5h 39m | 8.50 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/14 11:20:00 | 13 | 3/14 17:57:00 | 12 | 6h 37m | 5h 51m | 8.21 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 23:54:00 | 12 | 3/15 07:59:00 | 12 | 8h 5m | 5h 57m | 7.73 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/15 13:49:00 | 12 | 3/15 13:50:00 | 12 | 0h 1m | 5h 50m | 9.43 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/15 16:57:00 | 12 | 3h 7m | 7.06 | |
|
22 | ||||
