IDITAROD XL Musher Jim Lanier (Bib #3) from Chugiak, Alaska who is running his 15th Iditarod, was the first to arrive at the Cripple Checkpoint at 13:55 Alaska Time with 13 dogs. The Cripple Checkpoint signifies the halfway point of the 40th running of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
April Browning, ITG Project Manager for GCI was on hand at the Cripple Checkpoint to present the GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award to Lanier. He was awarded a trophy plus $3,000 in placer gold nuggets, courtesy of Iditarod Principle Partner GCI.
The GCI Dorothy Page Halfway Award will be presented again to Jim Lanier in Nome on Sunday, March 18th during the Iditarod Awards Banquet at the Nome Recreation Center.
