Biography
Jim Gallea was born in Minnesota in 1980. He was raised in Montana. He, his mom and his dad are all Iditarod veterans. Jim began mushing when he was six years old and ran the Jr. Iditarod before running his first Iditarod. He works as a sled dog tour guide with the Seavey’s in the summers.
A member of the Montana Mountain Mushers and the IOFC, Jim says he “enjoys computers, hunting and fishing”. Jim is single.
2002 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/02 10:57:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Eagle River | 3/02 14:12:00 | 12 | 3h 15m | ||||||||
| Wasilla | 3/03 10:57:00 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| Knik | 3/03 12:13:00 | 16 | 3/03 12:15:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 1h 16m | 11.05 | 14 | |||
| Yentna Station | 3/03 22:03:00 | 16 | 9h 48m | 5.31 | 52 | ||||||
| Skwentna | 3/04 00:59:00 | 16 | 3/04 07:02:00 | 16 | 6h 3m | 34 | |||||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 11:21:00 | 16 | 3/04 11:25:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 4h 19m | 10.42 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 21:10:00 | 16 | 3/04 21:13:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 9h 45m | 3.08 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 01:47:00 | 16 | 3/05 09:13:00 | 15 | 7h 26m | 4h 34m | 10.51 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 23:30:00 | 15 | 3/05 23:39:00 | 14 | 0h 9m | 14h 17m | 6.51 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 10:50:00 | 14 | 3/06 10:59:00 | 13 | 0h 9m | 11h 11m | 4.29 | 48 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 13:26:00 | 13 | 3/07 14:59:00 | 13 | 25h 33m | 2h 27m | 9.39 |  |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 17:28:00 | 13 | 3/07 17:34:00 | 13 | 0h 6m | 2h 29m | 15.30 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 09:42:00 | 13 | 3/08 16:16:00 | 13 | 6h 34m | 16h 8m | 3.72 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 09:36:00 | 13 | 3/09 09:43:00 | 13 | 0h 7m | 17h 20m | 6.46 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/09 15:53:00 | 13 | 3/10 00:39:00 | 13 | 8h 46m | 6h 10m | 8.43 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/10 06:49:00 | 13 | 3/10 15:56:00 | 13 | 9h 7m | 6h 10m | 8.43 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/10 20:42:00 | 13 | 3/10 20:57:00 | 13 | 0h 15m | 4h 46m | 8.81 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/11 14:50:00 | 13 | 3/11 21:15:00 | 12 | 6h 25m | 17h 53m | 5.03 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 02:47:00 | 12 | 3/12 08:12:00 | 12 | 5h 25m | 5h 32m | 7.23 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/12 14:14:00 | 12 | 3/12 20:07:00 | 12 | 5h 53m | 6h 2m | 9.61 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/13 01:52:00 | 12 | 3/13 07:57:00 | 12 | 6h 5m | 5h 45m | 8.35 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 13:19:00 | 12 | 3/13 21:32:00 | 12 | 8h 13m | 5h 22m | 8.57 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 03:51:00 | 12 | 3/14 03:55:00 | 12 | 0h 4m | 6h 19m | 8.71 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 06:38:19 | 12 | 2h 43m | 8.10 | |
|
22 | ||||
