Hi Boys and Girls,

The teams are really on the move. It looks like every musher has taken their 24 hour rest but not all of them have taken their first 8 hour rest. Mitch Seavey is leading the pack. He is really on the move right now! The back of the pack are in Galena. Most of these teams should be headed to Huslia soon.

Who’s In First

As of 16:03 AST, Mitch has arrived and left Nulato. The next four teams are in Koyukuk. They appear to be resting. There are 29 teams on their way to Koyukuk. That’s going to be a busy place real soon!  

1. Mitch Seavey
2. Wade Marrs
3. Dallas Seavey
4. Joar Leifseth Ulsom
5. Nicolas Petit

Rookie Report

Currently in the Rookie of the Year Position is Robert Redington who is in 15th Place. He has left Huslia and should be arriving into Koyukuk soon. Sebastian Vergnaud is in 26th place. He has also left Huslia.

Red Lantern Position

Rookie Ryan Anderson is resting in Galena.

Trail Tales

Ryan Redington has bad frostbite on his face. He was still able smile when an Elder asked if her grandkids could pet his dogs. He shook her hand let the kids pet his dogs. He then bootied the dogs and left the checkpoint. Thank you to Mike Kenney for this story and pictures.

Weather

Galena- It is 19 degress, cloudy with 3 mph winds

Huslia- It is 19 degrees, cloudy with 5mph winds

Koyukuk- It is 22 degress, cloudy with 4 mph winds

Nulato- It is 24 degress, cloudy with 3mph winds.

Question of the day

Why do the dogs wear booties? What are booties?

Answer to previous question

Daylight savings time is the practice of setting your clocks ahead one hour in the spring and setting it back one hour in the fall. It is suppose to make better use of natural daylight. This is happening tonight. We need to set our clocks ahead one hour. I just did mine. It was 8 pm where I live so I set my clocks to 9pm. Wow it’s already my bedtime and I don’t even feel tired!

So how do you think this will affect the race? It won’t. All of the teams times will be adjusted and you’ll never know it happened!

Sleep well tonight. Check back in the morning to see what’s happening on the trail.

See you on the trail,

Gypsy