Search Results
Aliy Zirkle finished the 2017 Iditarod in 3rd place for the race and her husband Allan, who gives their younger dogs a first look at the trail, finished in 32nd place. Of course Aliy was at the burled arch to welcome Allen and the dogs. This was Allen’s finish but Aliy did answer one question …
Aliy Zirkle reached Nome with 13 dogs on her string. This is her fifth straight top five finish at Iditarod.
ELIM has no dog teams left right now, till Wade Marrs gets here. Aliy Zirkle left into a beautiful sunrise. Before she took some time to socialize with her fans. Before leaving the checkpoint, she had to go through the routine of putting 52 dog booties on. If you take 10 seconds per bootie… it …
Aliy Zirkle 4th into Elim
Aliy Zirkle has arrived in ELIM in 4th place and she is staying for a little while. She pulled her team through the vehicle yard here and the checkers brought her 2 drop bags over. Her time is is 7.57 a.m with 13 dogs, and the dogs look great. It is impressive to see how …
Aliy Zirkle is NOT in trouble on Norton Sound. Both she and Dallas Seavey had chosen to go through Shaktoolik. Dallas camped out near the shelter cabin. He was already on the move again when I passed him. When I talked to Aliy she said that she had wanted to go about half way, which …
The next team to arrive here is Aliy Zirkle. Pam Sookiayak just came in inquiring about Aliy. She even has a strong fan base here in Shaktoolik. Mitch Seavey is packing up and getting ready to hit the trail again. Multiple times the whole armory building has emptied with a false alarm ” dog team “.It …
Aliy Zirkle 3rd into Unalakleet
There are a lot of fans rooting here in Unalakleet for Aliy Zirkle. Same as Brent Sass and Dallas Seavey she received a very warm welcome. Rob, who is running coms here in Unalakleet, was also coms in McGrath. He has things dialed in, this is his 8th year doing it. Aliy had a little …
