Biography
Hugh Neff was born in Tennessee, grew up in Evanston, Illinois and attended Loyola Academy and the University of Illinois. He moved to Alaska and began mushing in 1995. “I’m honored to be running Jim Lanier’s Northern Whites Dog Kennel. Our goal is to honor the legacy of Hobo Jim as well as all of the original Iditarod mushers and what they stood for.”
2005 Standings
| Checkpoint | Time In | Dogs In | Time Out | Dogs Out | Rest Time | Previous | Layover | Status | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enroute Time | Speed (mph) | 8hr | 24hr | ||||||||
| Anchorage | 3/05 10:00:00 | 12 | 3/05 11:52:00 | 12 | 1h 52m | ||||||
| Campbell Airstrip | 3/05 12:50:00 | 12 | 0h 58m | ||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 14:00:00 | 16 | 3/06 15:40:00 | 16 | 1h 40m | 59 | |||||
| Yentna | 3/06 19:28:00 | 16 | 3/06 19:31:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 48m | 11.84 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 22:33:00 | 16 | 3/06 22:38:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 3h 2m | 11.21 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 08:50:00 | 16 | 3/07 08:51:00 | 16 | 0h 1m | 10h 12m | 4.41 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 17:38:00 | 16 | 3/07 17:53:00 | 16 | 0h 15m | 8h 47m | 3.42 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/07 23:10:00 | 16 | 3/08 05:51:00 | 15 | 6h 41m | 5h 17m | 9.09 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/08 21:09:00 | 15 | 3/08 21:15:00 | 14 | 0h 6m | 15h 18m | 6.08 | 93 | |||
| McGrath | 3/09 04:01:00 | 14 | 3/10 04:58:00 | 13 | 24h 57m | 6h 46m | 7.09 |  |
48 | ||
| Takotna | 3/10 06:59:00 | 13 | 3/10 07:00:00 | 13 | 0h 1m | 2h 1m | 11.40 | |
23 | ||
| Ophir | 3/10 09:20:00 | 13 | 3/10 13:46:00 | 12 | 4h 26m | 2h 20m | 16.29 | |
38 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/11 05:33:00 | 12 | 3/11 10:56:00 | 12 | 5h 23m | 15h 47m | 5.70 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/11 21:33:00 | 12 | 3/12 05:33:00 | 12 | 8h 0m | 10h 37m | 6.12 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/12 08:55:00 | 12 | 3/12 08:58:00 | 11 | 0h 3m | 3h 22m | 7.43 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/12 11:49:00 | 11 | 3/12 18:17:00 | 11 | 6h 28m | 2h 51m | 6.32 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/13 02:07:00 | 11 | 3/13 06:37:00 | 10 | 4h 30m | 7h 50m | 7.66 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/13 14:18:00 | 10 | 3/13 19:57:00 | 10 | 5h 39m | 7h 41m | 9.11 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/14 07:35:00 | 10 | 3/14 12:36:00 | 10 | 5h 1m | 11h 38m | 7.74 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/14 18:34:00 | 10 | 3/14 23:15:00 | 9 | 4h 41m | 5h 58m | 6.70 | |
|
40 | |
| Koyuk | 3/15 06:10:00 | 9 | 3/15 10:38:00 | 7 | 4h 28m | 6h 55m | 8.39 | |
|
58 | |
| Elim | 3/15 19:54:00 | 7 | 3/16 03:48:00 | 7 | 7h 54m | 9h 16m | 5.18 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/16 13:34:00 | 7 | 3/16 21:34:00 | 6 | 8h 0m | 9h 46m | 4.71 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/17 07:45:00 | 6 | 3/17 08:49:00 | 6 | 1h 4m | 10h 11m | 5.40 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/17 12:59:39 | 6 | 4h 10m | 5.28 | |
|
22 | ||||
