Biography
G.B. Jones, 62, was born and raised in Utah.
He moved to Alaska in 1976 for the "unspoiled wilderness."
He began mushing in 2001 and ran his first Iditarod in 2002.
G.B. says that he "values this opportunity to prepare and ultimately go to Nome by dog team."
He lists his only hobby as dog driving.
Sponsors
Tom & Pam Barr, TX | Alma & LaVon Jones Family, UT |
2011 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 11:23:00 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willow | 3/06 15:16:00 | 14 | |||||||||
| Yentna Station | 3/06 19:13:00 | 14 | 3/06 19:17:00 | 14 | 0h 4m | 3h 57m | 11.39 | 45 | |||
| Skwentna | 3/06 22:28:00 | 14 | 3/07 07:38:00 | 14 | 9h 10m | 3h 11m | 10.68 | 34 | |||
| Finger Lake | 3/07 12:50:00 | 14 | 3/07 12:53:00 | 14 | 0h 3m | 5h 12m | 8.65 | 45 | |||
| Rainy Pass | 3/07 17:18:00 | 14 | 3/08 07:43:00 | 14 | 14h 25m | 4h 25m | 6.79 | 30 | |||
| Rohn | 3/08 12:11:00 | 14 | 3/08 13:43:00 | 14 | 1h 32m | 4h 28m | 10.75 | 48 | |||
| Nikolai | 3/09 13:13:00 | 14 | 3/09 19:43:00 | 14 | 6h 30m | 23h 30m | 3.19 | 75 | |||
| McGrath | 3/10 01:43:00 | 14 | 3/11 03:06:00 | 13 | 25h 23m | 6h 0m | 9.00 |  |
54 | ||
| Takotna | 3/11 05:12:00 | 13 | 3/11 05:22:00 | 13 | 0h 10m | 2h 6m | 8.57 | |
18 | ||
| Ophir | 3/11 08:04:00 | 13 | 3/11 10:17:00 | 13 | 2h 13m | 2h 42m | 9.26 | |
25 | ||
| Iditarod | 3/12 06:28:00 | 13 | 3/12 17:11:00 | 13 | 10h 43m | 20h 11m | 4.46 | |
90 | ||
| Shageluk | 3/13 01:24:00 | 13 | 3/13 12:59:00 | 13 | 10h 35m | 8h 13m | 7.91 | |
|
65 | |
| Anvik | 3/13 16:21:00 | 13 | 3/13 18:29:00 | 13 | 2h 8m | 3h 22m | 7.43 | |
|
25 | |
| Grayling | 3/13 21:13:00 | 13 | 3/14 05:45:00 | 13 | 8h 32m | 2h 44m | 6.59 | |
|
18 | |
| Eagle Island | 3/14 17:38:00 | 13 | 3/15 02:52:00 | 12 | 9h 14m | 11h 53m | 5.05 | |
|
60 | |
| Kaltag | 3/15 13:35:00 | 12 | 3/16 03:25:00 | 12 | 13h 50m | 10h 43m | 6.53 | |
|
70 | |
| Unalakleet | 3/16 20:00:00 | 12 | 3/17 03:35:00 | 11 | 7h 35m | 16h 35m | 5.43 | |
|
90 | |
| Shaktoolik | 3/17 10:24:00 | 11 | 3/17 16:52:00 | 11 | 6h 28m | 6h 49m | 6.16 | |
|
42 | |
| Koyuk | 3/17 23:48:00 | 11 | 3/18 04:42:00 | 11 | 4h 54m | 6h 56m | 6.92 | |
|
48 | |
| Elim | 3/18 13:34:00 | 11 | 3/18 18:31:00 | 11 | 4h 57m | 8h 52m | 5.41 | |
|
48 | |
| White Mountain | 3/19 04:23:00 | 11 | 3/19 12:41:00 | 10 | 8h 18m | 9h 52m | 4.66 | |
|
46 | |
| Safety | 3/19 21:55:00 | 10 | 3/19 22:03:00 | 10 | 0h 8m | 9h 14m | 5.96 | |
|
55 | |
| Nome | 3/20 01:59:42 | 10 | 3h 56m | 5.59 | |
|
22 | ||||
