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Linwood Fiedler

Bib Number: 8
Hometown: Willow, Alaska
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Biography

Linwood Fiedler, 66, was born in Vermont. He received his BSW at Carroll College in Helena, Montana. He began mushing in Montana in 1997 and moved to Alaska “to race the Iditarod and raise my family” in 1990. He has run 25 Iditarods, placing in the top ten several times and was a second place finisher in 2001. For the last 19 years he has owned and operated, with his son, Dalton, Alaska Heli-Mush, Inc., an exciting glacier sled dog tour business on the Juneau Icefield .He is also the co-founder of Arctic Paws for Service, a service dog organization assisting Alaskan families experience the healing powers of service dogs. Linwood says, “Training and traveling with my dogs is my ‘calling’. These wonderful animals have taught me my strengths and weaknesses. They’ve helped me to understand the value of being true to one’s self and others. They’ve helped me become a better person.” Linwood and his wife, Kathy, are the parents of Justin, Dalton and Christi. He lists his hobby as photographing landscapes.


2018 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/04 14:12:00 16
Yentna 3/04 18:01:00 16 3/04 18:05:00 16 0h 4m 3h 49m 11.00 42
Skwentna 3/04 22:39:00 16 3/04 22:45:00 16 0h 6m 4h 34m 6.57 30
Finger Lake 3/05 03:43:00 16 3/05 08:03:00 16 4h 20m 4h 58m 8.05 40
Rainy Pass 3/05 11:32:00 16 3/05 16:10:00 15 4h 38m 3h 29m 8.61 30
Rohn 3/05 20:13:00 15 3/06 00:44:00 15 4h 31m 4h 3m 8.64 35
Nikolai 3/06 09:41:00 15 3/06 15:43:00 15 6h 2m 8h 57m 8.38 75
McGrath 3/06 22:46:00 15 3/06 22:48:00 15 0h 2m 7h 3m 6.81 48
Takotna 3/07 01:18:00 15 3/08 03:26:00 15 26h 8m 2h 30m 7.20 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/08 05:50:00 15 3/08 06:02:00 15 0h 12m 2h 24m 9.58 ✔ 23
Iditarod 3/08 18:59:00 15 3/09 00:09:00 14 5h 10m 12h 57m 6.18 ✔ 80
Shageluk 3/09 08:01:00 14 3/09 16:01:00 13 8h 0m 7h 52m 6.99 ✔ ✔ 55
Anvik 3/09 19:36:00 13 3/09 19:48:00 13 0h 12m 3h 35m 6.98 ✔ ✔ 25
Grayling 3/09 22:40:00 13 3/10 07:34:00 13 8h 54m 2h 52m 6.28 ✔ ✔ 18
Kaltag 3/11 04:53:00 13 3/11 10:31:00 13 5h 38m 20h 19m 6.00 ✔ ✔ 122
Unalakleet 3/11 22:08:00 13 3/12 04:44:00 12 6h 36m 11h 37m 7.32 ✔ ✔ 85
Shaktoolik 3/12 10:38:00 12 3/12 14:22:00 11 3h 44m 5h 54m 6.78 ✔ ✔ 40
Koyuk 3/12 23:28:00 11 3/13 07:30:00 11 8h 2m 9h 6m 5.49 ✔ ✔ 50
Elim 3/13 14:10:00 11 3/13 14:13:00 11 0h 3m 6h 40m 7.20 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/13 22:13:00 11 3/14 06:17:00 10 8h 4m 8h 0m 5.75 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/14 13:20:00 10 3/14 13:21:00 10 0h 1m 7h 3m 7.80 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/14 16:27:54 10 3h 6m 7.10 ✔ ✔ 22