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.
2003 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/01 12:03:00 | 9 | |||||||||
| Campbel Airstrip (BLM) | 3/01 13:09:00 | 9 | 1h 6m | ||||||||
| Ruby | 3/03 11:50:00 | 16 | 317 | ||||||||
| Galena | 3/03 16:36:00 | 16 | 3/03 22:30:00 | 16 | 5h 54m | 4h 46m | 10.91 | 52 | |||
| Nulato | 3/04 11:36:00 | 16 | 3/04 16:40:00 | 15 | 5h 4m | 13h 6m | 3.97 | 52 | |||
| Kaltag 1 | 3/05 05:45:00 | 15 | 3/05 10:48:00 | 14 | 5h 3m | 13h 5m | 3.21 | 42 | |||
| Eagle Island 1 | 3/06 19:52:00 | 14 | 3/07 20:08:00 | 12 | 24h 16m | 33h 4m | 2.12 |  |
70 | ||
| Grayling 1 | 3/08 02:14:00 | 12 | 3/08 09:53:00 | 11 | 7h 39m | 6h 6m | 9.84 | |
60 | ||
| Anvik | 3/08 14:49:00 | 11 | 3/08 21:46:00 | 11 | 6h 57m | 4h 56m | 3.65 | |
18 | ||
| Grayling 2 | 3/09 02:00:00 | 11 | 3/09 09:32:00 | 11 | 7h 32m | 4h 14m | 4.25 | |
18 | ||
| Eagle Island 2 | 3/09 23:13:00 | 11 | 3/10 06:56:00 | 11 | 7h 43m | 13h 41m | 4.38 | |
60 | ||
| Kaltag 2 | 3/10 18:58:00 | 11 | 3/10 19:02:00 | 11 | 0h 4m | 12h 2m | 5.82 | |
70 | ||
| Unalakleet | 3/10 21:39:00 | 11 | 3/11 06:07:00 | 11 | 8h 28m | 2h 37m | 34.39 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/11 09:00:00 | 11 | 3/11 09:09:00 | 11 | 0h 9m | 2h 53m | 14.57 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/11 23:05:00 | 11 | 3/12 05:44:00 | 11 | 6h 39m | 13h 56m | 3.44 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/12 20:28:00 | 11 | 3/12 20:50:00 | 11 | 0h 22m | 14h 44m | 3.26 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/13 13:22:00 | 11 | 3/13 19:08:00 | 10 | 5h 46m | 16h 32m | 2.78 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 00:52:00 | 10 | 3/14 09:27:00 | 10 | 8h 35m | 5h 44m | 9.59 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 16:02:00 | 10 | 3/14 23:17:00 | 10 | 7h 15m | 6h 35m | 3.34 | |
|
22 | |
