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8PM—Tuesday—-Zirkle in front of pack enroute to McGrath Aliy Zirkle continues to hold on to her lead position as she and the pack approach McGrath. Baker, King, Mitch Seavey, his son Dallas Seavey, Hugh Neff, Paul Gebhardt, Ray Redington, and Lance Mackey remain in the following pack. I cant bore you with place and travel …
Flying over the Alaska Range in a Cessna is a trip! The two hour flight is filled with incredible scenery on clear days – including an awesome view of Denali. The mountain wasn’t out today but there was plenty of scenery going over Rainy Pass. Traveling above the trail as it runs above the Dalzell …
Tues 10AM—Zirkle accelerates in lead to NIKOLAI—Finger Lake Tent comes Down by Joe Runyan, 1989 Iditarod Champ Aliy Zirkle’s push to the front into Nikolai has given my pundits new found fodder, a virtual plethora of possibilities, for rumination. Personally, I love this part of the race, the posturing that is required to be placed …
Tuesday Morning 7am—Dan Seavey leaves Finger—-Zirkle and Baker lead pack to Salmon River Race Roundup Outside our tent of sleeping, snoring, rolling, tossing volunteers packaged in neat rows on the floor, Dan Seavey unhooks his team at first light in direction Rainy Pass, the last in a train of mushers marching up and over the …
Aliy Zirkle is next into Finger Lake just 1 minute behind Jim Lanier.
Wow, what a night this has been. Dallas Seavey crossed the finish line in Nome 2 minutes ahead of Aliy Zirkle at 4.04 a.m. And that after leaving White Mountain in 3rd place 2 hrs and 46 minute behind the at the time race leader, Jeff King. Dallas finished in a record time of 8 days 14 hours and 9 Minutes!
Stu Nelson, a soft spoken man, but a giant in the world of sled dogs and adventure, passed away unexpectedly in late September near his home in northern Idaho. Dr. Stu Nelson has served Iditarod – both sled dogs and mushers for 38 years. Iditarod is all about the dogs and so was Nelson! He’s …
**Feel free to scroll to the bottom if you want to jump straight to the attached math lesson plan for September! The checkpoints along the Iditarod trail are more than just pit stops for the mushers and their teams. They’re like little hubs of life and energy in the middle of the vast, frozen wilderness. …
Benjamin Good’s first dog powered experience, skijoring with a couple of Aaron Burmeister’s dogs, resulted in cold feet. He solved that issue by getting a couple more dogs and a sled so he could where warmer boots. Good said at the arch early this morning, “While doing dogs and racing, it dawned on me that …
The race is spread from Kaltag to White Mountain a distance of 269 miles. With a three hour lead over Matt Hall and four hours over Jessie Holmes it would appear that Dallas Seavey is on his way to claiming a sixth victory and an elite rung on the Iditarod ladder of champions. But as …
