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There’s much excitement surrounding Iditarod in Unalakleet. Residents come out to welcome the first mushers into the checkpoint and they always come out to welcome John Baker. When Sheldon Katchatag puts his traditional parka on along with his polar bear mittens and mukluks and then brings his drum tot he checkpoint to drum and sing …
Jeff King pulled into Shaktoolik in 7th place. He parked his team next to the checkpoint and plans to bed them down for a good rest. Mitch just woke up and is going outside to take care of his team. When somebody asked him how he slept: ” Just a few minutes, everything helps “. …
Shaktoolik Morning Action
Have to admit, I laid down for an hour, woke up 4 hrs later. Missed Aliy Zirkle come and go,darn it. She is currently in 3rd place. Mitch Seavey’s team is still here and Mitch is sleeping. He slept dangerously close to my bunny boots. I hope he will wake up at all. Jessie Royer …
Aaron Burmeister has also made it to Shaktoolik at 3.21 am.. The wind has picked up a bit again. Dallas is sleeping inside. While Dallas is resting Aaron is only staying long enough to pick up some food and get some water for the dogs. He is currently inside here in the building. This run …
Dallas Seavey has made it to Shaktoolik. He is leading the race. He arrived at 00.37 with 12 dogs. They look solid. Some of them barking for more. Light snow outside. It must be a real pleasure for Dallas to drive that team. They simply look great! Aaron has left 1.5 hrs behind him. I …
Earlier in the day it looked like Dallas Seavey might pull off the feat to arrive first to the Gold Coast Award town of Unalakleet. He made it within one mile of Aaron Burmeister. Then he stopped on the trail, while Aaron kept on going and Aliy Zirkle eventually passed him. Once his dad …
The first musher has made it to Unalakleet. Aaron Burmeister of Nome rounded the corner off the Unalakleet River to the Kouwegok Slough with 13 dogs in harness. Waiting to present the Gold Coast Award were Wells Fargo Bankers, Jake Slingsby, Vice President and Senior Business Relationship Manager along with Jessica Osgood, Nome Store Manager. …
Strategy Talk
Well, so much for what I had predicted last night. The weather threw a curveball in there. Dallas did pass Jeff and Aliy from behind, that was until he stopped. He made it within 1 mile of Aaron Burmeister, when we were taking pictures of Aaron. And then Dallas stopped. Jeff stopped, too. Now some …
It’s Sunday March 15th in Unalakleet, we are waiting. The sun rose at 0900 and will set at 2045. Temperature at sunrise was minus 10 with winds fromt he east at 10 mph. There were 6 mushers on the old portage from Kaltag to the coast. Doubtful that it was as warm on the trail …
Speed Versus Long Runs
It now really begins to show what speed versus long runs do to a dog team. I would have never thought I would write this, as I used to be one of the guys doing very long marches, often 8 plus hours, always at around 7.5 miles an hour. At the time that worked well …
