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For a while today Jessica Hendricks was the only musher parked on the frozen snow covered slough at the checkpoint. Then just before 14:00 Matt Failor arrived followed by Linwood Fiedler, Curt Perano, Kelly Maixner, Wade Marrs, Aaron Peck, Allen Moore and Paige Drobney. Fourteen other mushers have departed Kaltag to make their way along …
Lots of teams coming into Koyuk
Mitch is about to get into Elim. Jeff has had a second stop on the run to Elim and is currently in 3rd position as Aliy Zirkle passed him. But the others are right on his tail too. With some nice light, I took advantage of the nice afternoon sun and took pictures of teams …
In the midst of running his own race, Allen Moore still finds time to check in on his wife Aliy Zirkle’s trip to Nome.
How good it is to be where the action is! Mitch Seavey and Aaron Burmeister rolled into Unalakleet ahead of the afternoon deluge. Citizens of Unalakleet gathered on the slough in windy but not overly cold weather. They had cameras in hand to snap pictures and while waiting for the next team to arrive they …
Teams have been arriving in rapid succession. Jeff King, who was by the Iditarod Checkpoint about 12 hrs behind the leader Martin Buser, now sits in a strong 3r place. He is followed by Jake Berkowitz about 2 minutes later. Jakes mood was not good. He had been upbeat all trip, but this run from …
7AM—don’t forget Daylight Saving Time—Burmeister, Seavey the Elder make statement My collegues, including Sebastian now at his computer analyzing the race, Al and Paul at their station in Unalakleet Comms, race Judge Warren, and a pool of reserve specialists, are commenting on the developments over the night. After we REMEMBER to compute an hour disappeared …
Big Push for the Gold Coast award
The players on the way to the Coast!!! While we got some rest in a very nicely set up Unalakleet Checkpoint, the mushers have been battling through the night. On a fast trail, this can be a 10 hr run. But it is not a fast trail. The first part was very chewed up by …
Flash—A report from Eagle Island 8:45 AM , just received a call from Jim Gallea in Eagle Island by personal sat phone. Jim is acting as race judge, coordinator, camp boss, and facilitator as he and one Vet are trying to handle the front pack into Eagle Island. The Iditarod air force has been hampered …
7AM news update Martin on trail to Kaltag in Lead Sub-Plot Zirkle chipping away at lead, Berkowitz fastest on trail with 16 Weather conditions continue to appear DETERIORATED. It is now slightly snowing here in Anvik, but arriving musher Wade Mars tells us it was raining when he left Shageluk, a testament to the very …
8:00PM, Lance Mackey departs 5:53PM from Anvik John Baker scheduled to depart Anvik at 8:27PM What are people thinking when we look at the stat charts at 8PM this Friday March 8? Who would have ever thought that this Norwegian named Joar Leifseth Ulsom would be in third place behind Aliy Zirkle and …
