Checkers, camera crew, volunteers, vetrerinarians are all suited, headlamps poised, for the first arrival to White Mountain; Usually the first musher to White Mountain wins the iditarod, which makes sense when you consider that the mushers have probably sorted themselves out after a 1000 miles on the trail. Many of the volunteers in White Mountain are saavy …
4 30 AM, Mitch Seavey in lead to White Mountain Mitch Seavey leads the pack into White Montain with Aliy Zirkle working like a wind mile with her ski poles about two miles behind, according to our Insider camera men. Talking to our guys at the checkpoint, we loosely understood the Mitch Seavey has been …
8PM White Mountain Our team arrived in White Mountain ready to blog, but the internet went entire belly up. After a period of time with no success in getting connectivity and realizing that the White Mountain is not functional—maybe too much traffic from fans and , we finally did a work around with a system …
noon-koyuk-News Roundup
Noon—Koyuk—News Roundup Joar arrived in the Koyuk checkpoint 5th, an accomplishment for a guy that has never seen the trail or raced against this set of Iditarod competitors. In the checkpoint I get to talk to him. “Are you doing some running? Joar: “Yeah, quite a bit. I need some new shoes because my feet …
9:40 AM Zirkle, Redington, Burmeister in to Koyuk, King is a memory and gone from the checkpoint Aliy Zirkle, Ray Redington, Aaron Burmeister into Koyuk with the first rays of morning sun around 9:40 AM. This knot of mushers has been jostling through the night creating mini spheres of tension in the ranks, …
8:15 AM King blows thru Koyuk Check out photos posted by Sebastian. King and team nibbled away at Seavey by cutting rest in Shaktoolik and gaining 23 minutes (more or less, check my accuracy by looking at the official Iditarod times) across the ice. I took photos of Jeff King in the …
7:43 AM Seavey leads into Koyuk
7Am Lights on the Ice—Seavey leads, King in Pursuit, pack is agitated Our crew took a nap at the Koyuk school library, then walked a quarter mile to the Koyuk checkpoint in still air. Have I ever been in Koyuk when wind wasn’t blowing? On the ice, lights flicker, some brighter—must be snowmachines—and then, inexplicably, …
11 PM Mitch Seavey leads pack to Shaktoolik Mitch Seavey led the pack into Shaktoolik at 9;17 PM, a fact anybody can easily access using the Iditarod tools. Our insider crew moved to Koyuk late this evening today , anticipating an early morning traverse from Shaktoolik, across the ice of Norton Bay to Koyuk. We …
2PM Jeff King and Jake Berkowitz, followed by Aliy, Ray Redington, and Joar the Barbarian from Norway, arrive fashionably late to the Seavey/ Burmeister party Jeff King, driving a very impressive and animated team, followed shortly by Jake Berkawitz’s strong team, parked parallel to our titular leaders Burmeister and Seavey. King’s team, was noticeably animated, …
Unk—The case of the dueling mushers
The Case of the dueling Mushers 10:30 AM, Mitch Seavey and Aaron Burmeister in to Unk Both Mitch and Aaron reached the Bering Sea Coast at Unk this morning. Mitch’s in time was recorded at 10:13 AM. Both teams were tired after two days of tough trail conditions. Both mushers also had that look …
