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Linwood Fiedler

Bib Number: 42
Hometown: Willow, Alaska
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Biography

Linwood Fiedler, 66, was born in Vermont. He received his BSW at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. He began mushing in Montana in 1997 and moved to Alaska “to race the Iditarod and raise my family” in 1990. He has run 25 Iditarods, placing in the top ten several times and was a second place finisher in 2001. For the last 19 years he has owned and operated, with his son, Dalton, Alaska Heli-Mush, Inc., an exciting glacier sled dog tour business on the Juneau Icefield .He is also the co-founder of Arctic Paws for Service, a service dog organization assisting Alaskan families experience the healing powers of service dogs. Linwood says, “Training and traveling with my dogs is my ‘calling’. These wonderful animals have taught me my strengths and weaknesses. They’ve helped me to understand the value of being true to one’s self and others. They’ve helped me become a better person.” Linwood and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of Justin, Dalton and Christi. He lists his hobby as photographing landscapes.


2013 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Anchorage 3/02 11:20:00 12
Willow 3/03 15:20:00 16
Yentna 3/03 19:28:00 16 3/03 19:36:00 16 0h 8m 4h 8m 10.16 42
Skwentna 3/03 22:31:00 16 3/04 03:04:00 16 4h 33m 2h 55m 10.29 30
Finger Lake 3/04 07:47:00 16 3/04 15:31:00 15 7h 44m 4h 43m 8.48 40
Rainy Pass 3/04 19:18:00 15 3/04 20:33:00 15 1h 15m 3h 47m 7.93 30
Rohn 3/05 01:25:00 15 3/05 09:10:00 15 7h 45m 4h 52m 7.19 35
Nikolai 3/05 19:20:00 15 3/06 01:46:00 15 6h 26m 10h 10m 7.38 75
McGrath 3/06 07:46:00 15 3/06 07:47:00 15 0h 1m 6h 0m 8.00 48
Takotna 3/06 10:13:00 15 3/07 11:08:00 14 24h 55m 2h 26m 7.40 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/07 14:00:00 14 3/07 14:27:00 13 0h 27m 2h 52m 8.02 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/08 04:32:00 13 3/08 12:45:00 13 8h 13m 14h 5m 5.68 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/08 20:42:00 13 3/09 04:42:00 13 8h 0m 7h 57m 6.92 ✔ ✔ 55
Anvik 3/09 08:21:00 13 3/09 08:22:00 13 0h 1m 3h 39m 6.85 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/09 10:48:00 13 3/09 15:04:00 13 4h 16m 2h 26m 7.40 ✔ ✔ 18
Eagle Island 3/09 21:58:00 13 3/10 06:17:00 13 7h 19m 6h 54m 8.99 ✔ ✔ 62
Kaltag 3/10 18:25:00 13 3/11 04:07:00 12 9h 42m 12h 8m 4.95 ✔ ✔ 60
Unalakleet 3/11 14:15:00 12 3/11 22:18:00 12 8h 3m 10h 8m 8.39 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/12 03:43:00 12 3/12 07:53:00 12 4h 10m 5h 25m 7.38 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/12 13:49:00 12 3/12 19:58:00 12 6h 9m 5h 56m 8.43 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/13 02:29:00 12 3/13 06:10:00 12 3h 41m 6h 31m 7.37 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/13 12:20:00 12 3/13 20:22:00 12 8h 2m 6h 10m 7.46 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/14 03:00:00 12 3/14 03:01:00 12 0h 1m 6h 38m 8.29 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/14 06:00:52 12 2h 59m 7.37 ✔ ✔ 22