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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 …
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, …
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, …
Just before 6 o’clock Saturday night, Aliy Zirkle reached Kaltag with 12 dogs. The veteran stopped long enough to drop a dog and grab some supplies as she headed for the coast.
9PM Unalakleet—-Zirkle leads pack out of Kaltag, but with her own plan Our insider crew just arrived this late evening in Unalakleet, the first village on the Bering Sea Coast. Symbolically, the Bering Sea Coast and villages of Shaktoolik, Koyuk, Elim, White Mountain and the finish to Nome represents the last third of the race, …
We took advantage of a weather window and jumped an airplane from Takotna to Anvik. We wanted to stop in Iditarod but high winds and a bumpy ride in the plane weren’t worth it. I took a few photos from the plane window to illustrate that the trail has now changed in character to the …
After pulling into the checkpoint at White Mountain Tuesday morning, Ramey Smyth says he’s gunning for second place. He said he would need a snow machine to catch Dallas Seavey, and has his doubts if he can cach Aliy Zirkle for second.
News FLASH News FLASH 6 p.m. Elim Icecapades—-Seavey camped on ice, Zirkle leaves Elim and on course to intercept by Joe Runyan Departing from Elim airport about 6 p.m., we flew over Elim and viewed Dallas Seavey resting about 20 minutes dog driving outside of town, just hidden by a narrow coastal jut of land. In …
Aliy Zirkle left a few minutes behind Dallas. It’s now or never for her, she has to stay with Dallas.
Koyuk—Blogging 8 a.m. the checkpoint, There’s an uprising—-Seavey awake, alarm bells for Zirkle by Joe Runyan Our three top mushers in the checkpoint are dodging each other as Seavey prepares to exit (we think after a very welcome five hour rest) at around 8 a.m. Simultaneously, Aaron arranges to have some of his clothes stuck in …
