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Musher 2009 Iditarod
Last Update: 03/24/2009 04:20 AKDT Orange = Last Updated
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Eric Rogers |
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Eagle River, AK, USA
Bib Number: 60 |
| Final Position: 50 |
| Checkpoint: Nome |
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Time In: Mon, March 23, 2009 18:18:35 Dogs In: 12 |
| Finishing Time: 15 Days 4 Hours 18 Minutes 35 Seconds |
| Average Speed: 2.90 MPH |
Eric Rogers, 61, a PhD Physicist who moved to Alaska from Houston, Texas, in 1992, achieved a childhood dream by finishing the 2006 Iditarod as that year's oldest rookie. In 2009 Eric continues to follow the dream as a member of the over 60 club. Born in California, Eric spent his early years watching Sgt. Preston and reading Jack London. In 1970 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and trained as a navigator in KC-135's for the Strategic Air Command. In 1972, asa graduation exercise from Navigator School, he flew to Anchorage for the first time and says, "Alaska was everything I had dreamed." He served a brief tour in Southeast Asia in 1973 and made his second trip to Alaska, TDY to Fairbanks in September of that year. He left the Air Force with sinus problems in 1975, returned to graduate school and finished his Ph.D. in theoretical physics at the University of Washington in 1981. He joined Shell Oil in Houston as a geophysicist. In February, 1988, he and his wife, Marti, took a "second honeymoon" to Alaska and drove from Seward to Coldfoot. He says Marti fell in love with it just like he had. He left Shell in 1991 and they moved to Alaska, following a childhood dream. Eric says it is an open question as to whether he will get good at Iditarod or get old first. He is a member of the American Physical Society, Chugiak Dog Mushers, Iditarod and P.R.I.D.E. His hobbies are dogs, history of the North Country, mountains, weather, geology, physics and Alaska. He and Marti are parents of Delphone, 34, Dawn, 31, Andi, 27 and Liz, 26.
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| Checkpoint | Distance | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest | Time Enroute |
Speed (mph) |
8 Hr |
24 Hr |
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| Anchorage | 0 | 03/07/2009 12:09:00 |
12 |  |
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| Willow | 49 | 03/08/2009 15:56:00 |
15 | |
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| Yentna (YENT-na) | 115 | 03/08/2009 19:51:00 |
15 | 03/08/2009 19:58:00 |
15 | 0h 7m | 3h 55m | 16.85 | |
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| Skwentna | 149 | 03/09/2009 04:13:00 |
15 | 15 | 8h 15m | 4.12 | |
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| Finger Lake | 194 | 03/09/2009 17:42:00 |
15 | 03/09/2009 17:53:00 |
15 | 0h 11m | |
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| Rainy Pass | 224 | 03/09/2009 22:28:00 |
15 | 03/10/2009 07:15:00 |
15 | 8h 47m | 4h 35m | 6.55 | |
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| Rohn (Rone) | 272 | 03/10/2009 12:19:00 |
15 | 03/10/2009 18:33:00 |
15 | 6h 14m | 5h 4m | 9.47 | |
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| Nikolai (NIK-o-lye) | 347 | 03/11/2009 05:25:00 |
15 | 03/11/2009 14:18:00 |
15 | 8h 53m | 10h 52m | 6.90 | |
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| McGrath | 401 | 03/11/2009 21:24:00 |
15 | 03/11/2009 21:40:00 |
15 | 0h 16m | 7h 6m | 7.61 | |
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| Takotna (Ta-COT-na) | 419 | 03/12/2009 00:52:00 |
15 | 03/13/2009 01:22:00 |
15 | 24h 30m | 3h 12m | 5.63 | |
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| Ophir (OH-fur) | 444 | 03/13/2009 04:30:00 |
15 | 03/13/2009 04:51:00 |
15 | 0h 21m | 3h 8m | 7.98 | |
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| Iditarod (I-DIT-a-rod) | 534 | 03/14/2009 00:41:00 |
15 | 03/14/2009 10:40:00 |
15 | 9h 59m | 19h 50m | 4.54 | |
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| Shageluk (SHAG-a-luck) | 599 | 03/14/2009 18:55:00 |
15 | 03/15/2009 04:46:00 |
15 | 9h 51m | 8h 15m | 7.88 | |
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| Anvik | 624 | 03/15/2009 08:44:00 |
15 | 03/15/2009 08:52:00 |
14 | 0h 8m | 3h 58m | 6.30 | |
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| Grayling | 642 | 03/15/2009 11:33:00 |
14 | 03/16/2009 08:42:00 |
14 | 21h 9m | 2h 41m | 6.71 | |
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| Eagle Island | 702 | 03/17/2009 16:39:00 |
14 | 03/18/2009 07:57:00 |
14 | 15h 18m | 31h 57m | 1.88 | |
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| Kaltag (KAL-tag) | 772 | 03/18/2009 17:17:00 |
14 | 03/19/2009 03:52:00 |
14 | 10h 35m | 9h 20m | 7.50 | |
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| Unalakleet (YOU-na-la-kleet) | 862 | 03/19/2009 16:10:00 |
14 | 03/20/2009 04:40:00 |
14 | 12h 30m | 12h 18m | 7.32 | |
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| Shaktoolik (Shak-TOO-lick) | 902 | 03/20/2009 10:50:00 |
14 | 03/20/2009 18:36:00 |
14 | 7h 46m | 6h 10m | 6.49 | |
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| Koyuk (Coy-uk) | 960 | 03/21/2009 01:48:00 |
14 | 03/21/2009 12:04:00 |
14 | 10h 16m | 7h 12m | 8.06 | |
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| Elim (EE-lum) | 1008 | 03/21/2009 18:03:00 |
14 | 03/22/2009 15:22:00 |
14 | 21h 19m | 5h 59m | 8.02 | |
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| White Mountain | 1054 | 03/22/2009 21:46:00 |
14 | 03/23/2009 09:04:00 |
12 | 11h 18m | 6h 24m | 7.19 | |
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| Safety | 1109 | 03/23/2009 15:25:00 |
12 | 03/23/2009 15:30:00 |
12 | 0h 5m | 6h 21m | 8.66 | |
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| Nome | 1131 | 03/23/2009 18:18:35 |
12 | 2h 48m | 7.86 | |
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Race Statistics provided by Iditarod Trail Committee, Inc. © 2009