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Linwood Fiedler

Bib Number: 28
Hometown: Willow, Alaska
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Biography

Linwood Fiedler, 66, was born in Vermont. He received his BSW at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. He began mushing in Montana in 1997 and moved to Alaska “to race the Iditarod and raise my family” in 1990. He has run 25 Iditarods, placing in the top ten several times and was a second place finisher in 2001. For the last 19 years he has owned and operated, with his son, Dalton, Alaska Heli-Mush, Inc., an exciting glacier sled dog tour business on the Juneau Icefield .He is also the co-founder of Arctic Paws for Service, a service dog organization assisting Alaskan families experience the healing powers of service dogs. Linwood says, “Training and traveling with my dogs is my ‘calling’. These wonderful animals have taught me my strengths and weaknesses. They’ve helped me to understand the value of being true to one’s self and others. They’ve helped me become a better person.” Linwood and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of Justin, Dalton and Christi. He lists his hobby as photographing landscapes.


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 10:59:00 12
Eagle River 3/02 13:51:00 12 2h 52m
Wasilla 3/03 10:59:00 16 29
Knik 3/03 12:04:00 16 3/03 12:06:00 16 0h 2m 1h 5m 12.92 14
Yentna Station 3/03 17:02:00 16 3/03 17:06:00 16 0h 4m 4h 56m 10.54 52
Skwentna 3/03 22:20:00 16 3/03 22:25:00 16 0h 5m 5h 14m 6.50 34
Finger Lake 3/04 02:39:00 16 3/04 09:24:00 16 6h 45m 4h 14m 10.63 45
Rainy Pass 3/04 12:13:00 16 3/04 12:53:00 15 0h 40m 2h 49m 10.65 30
Rohn 3/04 16:38:00 15 3/05 01:19:00 15 8h 41m 3h 45m 12.80 48
Nikolai 3/05 09:19:00 15 3/05 15:24:00 12 6h 5m 8h 0m 11.63 93
McGrath 3/05 20:26:00 12 3/05 20:32:00 11 0h 6m 5h 2m 9.54 48
Takotna 3/05 22:41:00 11 3/06 05:05:00 11 6h 24m 2h 9m 10.70 23
Ophir 3/06 07:35:00 11 3/06 07:36:00 11 0h 1m 2h 30m 15.20 38
Cripple 3/06 19:41:00 11 3/07 21:02:00 8 25h 21m 12h 5m 4.97 ✔ 60
Ruby 3/08 08:01:00 8 10h 59m 10.20 ✔ Scratched 112