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William Pinkham

Bib Number: 40
Hometown: Glenwood Springs, CO


Biography

William Pinkham, 53, was born in the District of Columbia and grew up in New Jersey. He went to college and got his degree in geology/polyscience. He went to Colorado in 1980 and fell in love with the Rockies, skiing, hiking, and biking. He began mushing in 1994 after the “seed had been planted when he was a child.” William said he played rugby for 23 years and filled the void left from that when he moved to Colorado, where he moved to get “mountains and space,” with distance mushing. He started racing in 1994 when he started thinking about being out “in the white silence.” William married Jody in 2008 and says, “Jody and I work together with the dogs and other parts or our relationship. They are the parents of Grace Ruby Pinkham, born in January 2011. He lists his occupation as “builder and baby sitter” and his hobbies as biking, reading, climbing, Soo Bahk Do, (Korean martial art) and surfing.


2010 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 11:25:00 12
Willow 3/07 15:16:00 16
Yentna Station 3/07 18:50:00 16 3/07 18:54:00 16 0h 4m 3h 34m 12.62 45
Skwentna 3/07 21:54:00 16 3/08 03:50:00 16 5h 56m 3h 0m 11.33 34
Finger Lake 3/08 09:52:00 16 3/08 15:10:00 14 5h 18m 6h 2m 7.46 45
Rainy Pass 3/08 19:17:00 14 3/08 19:25:00 14 0h 8m 4h 7m 7.29 30
Rohn 3/09 00:20:00 14 3/09 08:30:00 14 8h 10m 4h 55m 9.76 48
Nikolai 3/09 18:50:00 14 3/10 01:24:00 13 6h 34m 10h 20m 7.26 75
McGrath 3/10 08:21:00 13 3/11 09:25:00 12 25h 4m 6h 57m 7.77 ✔ 54
Takotna 3/11 11:28:00 12 3/11 11:34:00 12 0h 6m 2h 3m 8.78 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/11 14:13:00 12 3/11 14:25:00 11 0h 12m 2h 39m 9.43 ✔ 25
Cripple 3/12 07:53:00 11 3/12 16:06:00 11 8h 13m 17h 28m 3.38 ✔ 59
Ruby 3/13 05:45:00 11 3/13 13:55:00 11 8h 10m 13h 39m 8.21 ✔ ✔ 112
Galena 3/13 20:50:00 11 3/14 06:10:00 10 8h 20m 6h 55m 7.52 ✔ ✔ 52
Nulato 3/14 12:15:00 10 3/14 19:35:00 9 7h 20m 6h 5m 8.55 ✔ ✔ 52
Kaltag 3/15 00:10:00 9 3/15 00:25:00 9 0h 15m 4h 35m 9.16 ✔ ✔ 42
Unalakleet 3/15 18:51:00 9 3/16 03:45:00 9 8h 54m 18h 26m 4.88 ✔ ✔ 90
Shaktoolik 3/16 09:48:00 9 3/16 16:19:00 9 6h 31m 6h 3m 6.94 ✔ ✔ 42
Koyuk 3/16 23:16:00 9 3/17 06:00:00 9 6h 44m 6h 57m 6.91 ✔ ✔ 48
Elim 3/17 12:12:00 9 3/17 18:58:00 9 6h 46m 6h 12m 7.74 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/18 01:30:00 9 3/18 09:34:00 9 8h 4m 6h 32m 7.04 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/18 16:15:00 9 3/18 16:18:00 9 0h 3m 6h 41m 8.23 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/18 19:20:05 9 3h 2m 7.25 ✔ ✔ 22