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Jeff King

Bib Number: 13
Hometown: Denali Park, Alaska
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Biography

Jeff King was born and raised in California and moved to Alaska in 1975 in search of adventure. He quickly became interested in dog sledding and Alaskan huskies, devoting all his spare time and money to building his own team, while developing a construction business. He began racing in 1980. His competitive nature and athleticism had found new outlet, and Jeff set his sights ever higher, entering his first Iditarod just one year later. In 1992 he decided to devote his full time and energy to training and racing, setting aside his construction business. He won his first iditarod the following season.

Jeff enjoys living just outside of Alaska’s Denali National Park and sharing his life with his sled dogs. In the summer months Husky Homestead welcomes visitors from around the world to watch his sled dogs in action, hear stories of adventure, learn about Alaskan Huskies, the tradition of dog mushing and the life and spirit of Alaska, the last frontier.

Jeff has three grown daughters; Cali, Tessa and Ellen, and is a proud grandfather to four grandchildren.

Awards

First to the Yukon — Sponsored by Millennium Alaskan Hotel
Spirit of Alaska — Sponsored by PenAir

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 10:26:00 12
BLM 3/11 15:35:00 13 3/12 18:05:00 13 26h 30m 125h 9m ✔
Willow 3/13 00:07:00 13 3/13 00:21:00 13 0h 14m 6h 2m 5.14 ✔ 31
Yentna 3/13 10:34:00 13 3/13 19:06:00 13 8h 32m 10h 13m 1.66 ✔ ✔ 17
Skwentna 3/13 23:37:00 13 3/13 23:52:00 13 0h 15m 4h 31m 7.53 ✔ ✔ 34
Finger Lake 3/14 13:41:00 13 3/14 16:57:00 12 3h 16m 13h 49m 3.26 ✔ ✔ 45
Rainy Pass 3/14 22:44:00 12 3/15 04:08:00 12 5h 24m 5h 47m 5.19 ✔ ✔ 30
Rohn 3/15 11:07:00 12 3/15 15:52:00 12 4h 45m 6h 59m 6.87 ✔ ✔ 48
Nikolai 3/15 22:25:00 12 3/15 22:41:00 12 0h 16m 6h 33m 14.20 ✔ ✔ 93
McGrath 3/16 06:20:00 12 3/16 14:20:00 12 8h 0m 7h 39m 6.27 ✔ ✔ 48
Takotna 3/16 21:24:00 12 3/16 21:31:00 12 0h 7m 7h 4m 3.25 ✔ ✔ 23
Ophir 3/10 21:28:00 3/11 05:40:00 13 8h 12m -145h -3m -0.26 38
Cripple 3/10 02:52:00 3/10 08:35:00 14 5h 43m -27h -48m -2.16 60
Ruby 3/06 11:22:00 -94h -13m -1.19 112
Galena 3/07 10:22:00 16 52
Nulato 3/07 13:41:00 16 3/07 13:45:00 16 0h 4m 3h 19m 15.68 52
Kaltag 3/07 16:23:00 16 3/07 20:20:00 16 3h 57m 2h 38m 15.95 42
Unalakleet 3/08 00:47:00 16 3/08 06:17:00 16 5h 30m 4h 27m 20.22 90
Shaktoolik 3/08 09:16:00 16 3/08 09:29:00 15 0h 13m 2h 59m 13.41 40
Koyuk 3/08 13:21:00 15 3/08 19:18:00 15 5h 57m 3h 52m 15.00 58
Elim 3/09 10:00:00 15 3/09 10:03:00 15 0h 3m 14h 42m 3.27 48
White Mountain 3/09 15:13:00 15 3/09 21:39:00 14 6h 26m 5h 10m 8.90 46
Safety 3/09 23:47:00 14 3/09 23:51:00 14 0h 4m 2h 8m 25.78 55
Nome 3/17 00:40:59 168h 49m 0.13 ✔ ✔ 22