William Kleedehn
Bib Number: 66Hometown: Carcross, Yukon Territory, CANADA
Website: http://www.yukonexplorer.com
Biography
William Kleedehn was born in Germany in 1959. In 1981 he came to Canada to start a new life and adventure after a bad traffic accident that made life in Germany boring. He says, “Life was especially boring after I read in our local newspaper how close Rick Swenson lost to Dick Mackey in the 1978 Iditarod. I began mushing in 1983 and racing sled dogs a few years later. I now live near Carcross, Yukon Territory surrounded by mountains and sled dogs with my boys Tim, 16, and Logan, 15. I rent cabins and am a tourist operator as well as a dog musher. I entered the Iditarod because it’s about time!” Kleedhan’s hobbies are hunting, fishing, photography and outdoor stuff.
Awards
Herbie Nayokpuk Memorial — Sponsored by Northern Air Cargo
Rookie of the Year
2008 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 12:23:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 16:08:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 19:54:00 | 16 | 3/02 19:57:00 | 16 | 0h 3m | 3h 46m | 11.15 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 03:52:00 | 16 | 3/03 03:57:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 7h 55m | 4.29 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 09:07:00 | 16 | 16 | 5h 10m | 8.71 | 45 | |||||
| Rainy Pass | 3/03 17:10:00 | 16 | 3/03 17:25:00 | 16 | 0h 15m | 30 | |||||
| Rohn | 3/03 22:34:00 | 16 | 3/04 06:00:00 | 16 | 7h 26m | 5h 9m | 9.32 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/04 19:12:00 | 16 | 3/04 19:21:00 | 16 | 0h 9m | 13h 12m | 5.68 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/05 02:36:00 | 16 | 3/06 03:42:00 | 14 | 25h 6m | 7h 15m | 7.45 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/06 05:53:00 | 14 | 3/06 05:55:00 | 14 | 0h 2m | 2h 11m | 8.24 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/06 08:32:00 | 14 | 3/06 08:44:00 | 14 | 0h 12m | 2h 37m | 9.55 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/07 00:58:00 | 14 | 3/07 08:12:00 | 12 | 7h 14m | 16h 14m | 3.63 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/08 00:17:00 | 12 | 3/08 05:30:00 | 12 | 5h 13m | 16h 5m | 6.96 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/08 13:07:00 | 12 | 3/08 21:07:00 | 12 | 8h 0m | 7h 37m | 6.83 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/09 04:25:00 | 12 | 3/09 09:43:00 | 12 | 5h 18m | 6h 18m | 8.25 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/09 14:49:00 | 12 | 3/09 21:28:00 | 11 | 6h 39m | 5h 6m | 8.24 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/10 09:00:00 | 11 | 3/10 15:01:00 | 11 | 6h 1m | 11h 32m | 7.80 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/10 22:06:00 | 11 | 3/11 03:55:00 | 10 | 5h 49m | 7h 5m | 5.93 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/11 11:27:00 | 10 | 3/11 17:31:00 | 10 | 6h 4m | 7h 32m | 6.37 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/12 00:35:00 | 10 | 3/12 03:44:00 | 10 | 3h 9m | 7h 4m | 6.79 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/12 09:59:00 | 10 | 3/12 17:59:00 | 10 | 8h 0m | 6h 15m | 7.36 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/13 00:42:00 | 10 | 3/13 00:44:00 | 10 | 0h 2m | 6h 43m | 8.19 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/13 03:50:39 | 10 | 3h 6m | 7.10 | |
|
22 | ||||
