Biography
G.B. Jones, 62, was born and raised in Utah.
He moved to Alaska in 1976 for the "unspoiled wilderness."
He began mushing in 2001 and ran his first Iditarod in 2002.
G.B. says that he "values this opportunity to prepare and ultimately go to Nome by dog team."
He lists his only hobby as dog driving.
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 10:17:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Eagle River | 3/02 13:44:00 | 12 | 3h 27m | ||||||||
| Wasilla | 3/03 10:17:00 | 16 | 29 | ||||||||
| Knik | 3/03 11:32:00 | 16 | 3/03 11:33:00 | 16 | 0h 1m | 1h 15m | 11.20 | 14 | |||
| Yentna Station | 3/03 21:03:00 | 16 | 9h 30m | 5.47 | 52 | ||||||
| Skwentna | 3/04 05:22:00 | 16 | 34 | ||||||||
| Finger Lake | 3/04 18:36:00 | 16 | 3/05 07:26:00 | 16 | 12h 50m | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/05 12:20:00 | 16 | 3/05 17:48:00 | 15 | 5h 28m | 4h 54m | 6.12 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/05 22:18:00 | 15 | 3/06 09:08:00 | 15 | 10h 50m | 4h 30m | 10.67 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/07 01:35:00 | 15 | 3/07 12:08:00 | 14 | 10h 33m | 16h 27m | 5.65 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/07 18:40:00 | 14 | 3/08 21:03:00 | 13 | 26h 23m | 6h 32m | 7.35 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/08 23:05:00 | 13 | 3/09 00:24:00 | 13 | 1h 19m | 2h 2m | 11.31 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/09 03:03:00 | 13 | 3/09 10:21:00 | 13 | 7h 18m | 2h 39m | 14.34 | |
38 | ||
| Cripple | 3/10 02:25:00 | 13 | 3/10 11:01:00 | 11 | 8h 36m | 16h 4m | 3.73 | |
60 | ||
| Ruby | 3/10 23:52:00 | 11 | 3/11 10:38:00 | 11 | 10h 46m | 12h 51m | 8.72 | |
|
112 | |
| Galena | 3/11 17:53:00 | 11 | 3/12 06:41:00 | 11 | 12h 48m | 7h 15m | 7.17 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/12 13:00:00 | 11 | 3/12 17:05:00 | 11 | 4h 5m | 6h 19m | 8.23 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/12 22:19:00 | 11 | 3/13 06:05:00 | 11 | 7h 46m | 5h 14m | 8.03 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/13 21:35:00 | 11 | 3/14 06:37:00 | 11 | 9h 2m | 15h 30m | 5.81 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 12:33:00 | 11 | 3/14 18:29:00 | 10 | 5h 56m | 5h 56m | 6.74 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 01:34:00 | 10 | 3/15 08:38:00 | 10 | 7h 4m | 7h 5m | 8.19 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 16:18:00 | 10 | 3/16 03:06:00 | 10 | 10h 48m | 7h 40m | 6.26 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 14:17:00 | 10 | 3/16 22:24:00 | 10 | 8h 7m | 11h 11m | 4.11 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 07:07:00 | 10 | 3/17 07:44:00 | 10 | 0h 37m | 8h 43m | 6.31 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 11:11:11 | 10 | 3h 27m | 6.38 | |
|
22 | ||||
