Hi Boys and Girls,
The teams continue to the finish line in Nome. Nathan Schroeder was the first rookie to finish. Congratulations to him. Abbe West another rookie finished just 6 minutes after Nathan. What a great job these rookies did!
Today’s update
DATE: March 12, 2014
TIME: 11:32
11. Mike Williams Jr. 9 days 11 hours 50 minutes 2 seconds
12. Ken Anderson 9 days 14 hours 27 minutes 8 seconds
13. Peter Kaiser 9 days 15 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds
14. Richie Diehl 9 days 16 hours 35 minutes 40 seconds
15. Matt Failor 9 days 16 hours 42 minutes 30 seconds
16. Wade Marrs 9 days 17 hours 27 minutes 35 seconds
17. Nathan Schroeder 9 days 17 hours 52 minutes 51 seconds
18. Abbe West 9 days 17 hours 58 minutes 25 seconds
19. John Baker 9 days 18 hours 19 minutes 15 seconds
20. Michelle Phillips 9 days 18 hours 55 minutes 0 seconds
21. Robert Sorlie 9 days 20 hours 23 minutes 26 seconds
NEXT 5:
22. Curt Perano
23. Ralph Johannessen
24. Cim Smyth
25. Paige Drobny
26. Rick Casilo
WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: Curt, Ralph, Cim and Paige have left White Mountain and should be into Nome tonight, 7 teams have left Elim. 4 teams are in Elim, 2 teams have left Koyuk. 8 teams are in Koyuk, There are 4 teams in Shaktoolik, 3 teams have left Unalakleet, and 1 team is in Unalakleet,
RED LANTERN POSITION: Elliot Anderson who is in Unalakleet.
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Nathan Schroeder came in in 17th place.
WEATHER: The weather in Safety and Nome is 1 degrees and mostly cloudy. The weather in White Mountain is -5 degrees and it’s fair. The weather in Elim is 2 degrees with light snow, The weather in Koyuk is 0 degrees, The weather in Shaktoolik is 3 degrees and is lightly snowing, The weather in Unalakleet is -2 degrees, There is a severe weather warning for heavy snow with accumlations of 5-9 inches from Unalakleet to Elim. The warning is for tonight through Friday.
SCRATCHED: No one
Let’s cheer on all the teams left on the trail.
Until morning,