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Oh my gosh! What an amazingly exciting and nerve-wrecking night! We started watching the tracker, still convinced that Jeff King was going to pull up in Nome as only the second person to win the Iditarod five time. We watched Aliy Zirkle get closer and closer and closer and close the gap between her and …
In an unlikely set of circumstances, Dallas Seavey managed to pass both Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle on the way in from White Mountain. Dallas’ winning time of 8 days 14 hours and 9 Minutes is a new record breaking the old mark set by John Baker back in 2011.
Hi Boys and Girls, In the Iditarod, so much can happen in a short period of time. The winds between White Mountain and Safety and Safety to Nome have been described as horrific. Jeff King was blown off the trail and has scratched 3.7 miles from Safety. Aliy has made it to Safety and is …
March 11 Nome King scratches, winds increase to 65 Our best credible information from Safetycheckpoint indicates Jeff King scratches. Wind increases to 65 knots and Aliy Zirkle presently remains at the Safety checkpoint. Readers can refer to the Iditarod official press release. According to our tracker, Dallas Seavey is advancing to Safety and is within …
White Mountain, Safety to Nome
Below are a few pictures from the trail. It’s been a windy last 35 miles. It starts blowing past the blowhole, or better said, that is where there is enough snow to blow around. It is a very shallow ground blizzard with generally little snow in the area, yet enough to make life not very …
Safety Update
Made it to Safety. Sure glad to see the Roadhouse. Meeting Jeff from ort Insider Crew he warned me, “ Sebastian, it’s going to blow 35 mile in the blowhole and 3 foot groundstorm “. Up top in the hills it was windy, but no real snow to blow …
Hi Boys and Girls, WOW! Jeff King and Aliy Zirkle arrived into White Mountain less than an hour apart. They need to stay at White Mountain for 8 hours. Jeff can leave at 15:02 Alaskan time and Aliy can leave at 15:59 Alaskan time. Then it’s only 77 miles to Nome? Who do you think …
March 10 11:43am wht mtn—Front FOUR will break RECORD Jeff King, first into White Mountain and the leader of our race, is on the ice with his team of huskies. The front four dogs of his team are still in their “cave” under Jeff’s open sleeping bag. He is scheduled to depart at 3PM after …
Golovin to White Mountain
Golovin Bay can be a real challenge. If a musher has any doubt of their teams ability it is a very wise move, to do what Sonny Lindner did, and give them a good rest and make sure the dogs get some more fuel in them, a hot meal will do wonders. Sonny Lindner is …
