Biography
Kjetil Backen, 38, was born and raised in Norway. He began mushing in 1996 and ran mid distance races in Norway. He became interested in the Iditarod because he wanted to run longer races than were in Norway. A service technician for the last 16 years, Kjetil says he enjoys fishing and hunting. He is married to Ingrid and they have two children: Emil Andreas, age 7 and Helene, age 6.
Awards
First to the Gold Coast — Sponsored by Wells Fargo
2004 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/06 12:01:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| BLM | 3/12 04:20:00 | 13 | 3/12 12:20:00 | 13 | 8h 0m | 136h 19m |  |
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| Willow | 3/12 19:51:00 | 13 | 3/13 00:51:00 | 12 | 5h 0m | 7h 31m | 4.12 | |
|
31 | |
| Yentna | 3/13 07:35:00 | 12 | 3/13 07:44:00 | 12 | 0h 9m | 6h 44m | 2.52 | |
|
17 | |
| Skwentna | 3/13 14:22:00 | 12 | 3/13 20:28:00 | 12 | 6h 6m | 6h 38m | 5.13 | |
|
34 | |
| Finger Lake | 3/14 11:25:00 | 12 | 3/14 16:31:00 | 10 | 5h 6m | 14h 57m | 3.01 | |
|
45 | |
| Rainy Pass | 3/14 22:34:00 | 10 | 3/15 04:37:00 | 10 | 6h 3m | 6h 3m | 4.96 | |
|
30 | |
| Rohn | 3/15 11:39:00 | 10 | 3/15 14:18:00 | 10 | 2h 39m | 7h 2m | 6.82 | |
|
48 | |
| Nikolai | 3/15 21:52:00 | 10 | 3/15 23:15:00 | 8 | 1h 23m | 7h 34m | 12.29 | |
|
93 | |
| McGrath | 3/16 06:31:00 | 8 | 3/16 14:31:00 | 8 | 8h 0m | 7h 16m | 6.61 | |
|
48 | |
| Takotna | 3/16 22:12:00 | 8 | 3/16 22:13:00 | 8 | 0h 1m | 7h 41m | 2.99 | |
|
23 | |
| Ophir | 3/11 11:15:00 | 3/11 17:08:00 | 13 | 5h 53m | -131h -58m | -0.29 | |
38 | |||
| Cripple | 3/11 01:04:00 | 3/11 01:07:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | -17h -4m | -3.52 | |
60 | |||
| Ruby | 3/06 13:03:00 | -109h -4m | -1.03 | 112 | |||||||
| Galena | 3/07 11:48:00 | 16 | 52 | ||||||||
| Nulato | 3/07 15:12:00 | 16 | 16 | 3h 24m | 15.29 | 52 | |||||
| Kaltag | 3/07 18:36:00 | 16 | 16 | 42 | |||||||
| Unalakleet | 3/08 04:17:00 | 16 | 3/08 04:23:00 | 16 | 0h 6m | 90 | |||||
| Shaktoolik | 3/08 07:41:00 | 16 | 3/08 11:39:00 | 15 | 3h 58m | 3h 18m | 12.12 | 40 | |||
| Koyuk | 3/08 15:28:00 | 15 | 3/08 23:32:00 | 15 | 8h 4m | 3h 49m | 15.20 | 58 | |||
| Elim | 3/09 07:01:00 | 15 | 3/09 13:33:00 | 14 | 6h 32m | 7h 29m | 6.41 | 48 | |||
| White Mountain | 3/09 19:16:00 | 14 | 3/09 19:19:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 5h 43m | 8.05 | 46 | |||
| Safety | 3/09 21:34:00 | 14 | 3/10 22:38:00 | 14 | 25h 4m | 2h 15m | 24.44 | |
55 | ||
| Nome | 3/17 01:11:02 | 146h 33m | 0.15 | |
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22 | |||||
