Biography
Joe Gans, 23, was born and raised in Minnesota. He attended Montana State University for two years, where he studied geography. At that time he wasn’t sure where he was gong in school so he left to give dog sled tours with the Spirit of the North Sled Dog Adventures in Big Sky, Montana. That winter he went to Skagway where he worked with tours that summer for Alaska Excursions. He spent the next winter in Willow, working with Iditarod veteran, Russ Bybee and Moose Crossing Kennel. “Now I am entering Iditarod to spend time with the dogs see a new trail and learn about myself at the same time.” Joe lists his hobbies as fishing, camping, hiking and snowboarding.
Sponsors
Moose Crossing Kennel |
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 10:24:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/02 14:20:00 | 16 | |||||||||
| Yentna | 3/02 18:20:00 | 16 | 3/02 18:24:00 | 16 | 0h 4m | 4h 0m | 10.50 | 42 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/03 04:26:00 | 16 | 3/03 04:31:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 10h 2m | 3.39 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/03 15:33:00 | 16 | 3/03 15:41:00 | 16 | 0h 8m | 11h 2m | 4.08 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/04 00:25:00 | 16 | 3/04 07:21:00 | 16 | 6h 56m | 8h 44m | 3.44 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/04 12:20:00 | 16 | 3/04 20:00:00 | 16 | 7h 40m | 4h 59m | 9.63 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/05 09:57:00 | 16 | 3/05 16:39:00 | 16 | 6h 42m | 13h 57m | 5.38 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/06 00:18:00 | 16 | 3/06 00:20:00 | 16 | 0h 2m | 7h 39m | 7.06 | 54 | |||
| Takotna | 3/06 03:15:00 | 16 | 3/07 06:26:00 | 16 | 27h 11m | 2h 55m | 6.17 |  |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/07 09:00:00 | 16 | 3/07 09:05:00 | 16 | 0h 5m | 2h 34m | 9.74 | |
25 | ||
| Cripple | 3/08 03:00:00 | 16 | 3/08 12:23:00 | 16 | 9h 23m | 17h 55m | 3.29 | |
59 | ||
| Ruby | 3/09 05:05:00 | 16 | 3/09 11:55:00 | 16 | 6h 50m | 15h 42m | 7.13 | |
112 | ||
| Galena | 3/09 18:24:00 | 16 | 3/10 05:00:00 | 15 | 10h 36m | 6h 29m | 8.02 | |
|
52 | |
| Nulato | 3/10 11:52:00 | 15 | 3/10 19:07:00 | 14 | 7h 15m | 6h 52m | 7.57 | |
|
52 | |
| Kaltag | 3/11 00:28:00 | 14 | 3/11 07:34:00 | 14 | 7h 6m | 5h 21m | 7.85 | |
|
42 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/12 00:40:00 | 14 | 3/12 07:42:00 | 14 | 7h 2m | 17h 6m | 5.26 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/12 14:10:00 | 14 | 3/12 21:57:00 | 13 | 7h 47m | 6h 28m | 6.49 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/13 03:49:00 | 13 | 3/13 12:05:00 | 13 | 8h 16m | 5h 52m | 8.18 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/13 17:31:00 | 13 | 3/13 22:25:00 | 13 | 4h 54m | 5h 26m | 8.83 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/14 04:35:00 | 13 | 3/14 13:42:00 | 13 | 9h 7m | 6h 10m | 7.46 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/14 20:22:00 | 13 | 3/14 20:23:00 | 13 | 0h 1m | 6h 40m | 8.25 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/14 23:26:15 | 13 | 3h 3m | 7.21 | |
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22 | ||||
