While Mitch Seavey pulled into Kaltag in 5th place, with 11 very animated dogs, Nicolas Petit was getting ready to leave. The trail breaker report from Tripod Flats Cabin is, that the trail has really drifted in again.

After Nic finished booting up his team, they were barking to go. He left the Kaltag checkpoint with 10 dogs, after a 5hr rest and dropping one dog. Those are some nice looking dog teams. Inside the checkpoint Jessie Royer was all smiles. She did find her camera after all! Phew… her trail pictures are safe.

Here a few shots