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Deke Naaktgeboren

Bib Number: 14
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska
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Biography

I’m living the Alaskan Dream! I moved here in 2011 to mush and that’s what we do! I have an amazing job with the Bureau of Land Management working in Chicken, Alaska during the summers and have winters off. This situation allows me to 100% focus on training my dogs during the winter months and run Iditarod. In short I work so I can mush to fuel the passion.

I’m super proud that we run what we raise inside our kennel and find good retirement homes for those dogs that are ready to move on. Every single dog on my Iditarod team has been born here in our kennel and our biggest strength is our trust between each other. Just as important as the dog team is the human team, and Nolan, Nikki, Eric and Jonah are back again to care for, train and race the dogs. They are the best and it takes a team to make the Iditarod dream happen.

As Joe Dirt would say, “Life’s a garden, dig it!”

SPONSORS:
Aurora Animal Clinic
Ivory Jacks
The Amazing Individual Dog Sponsors!!!
Permafrost Beards
Big Dan’s Trucking
Cultro Media
Northernwolf Sled Dogs

Sponsors

Aurora Animal Clinic
Jeff and Barb Naaktgeboren
Teresa Saunders
Brenda Naaktgeboren
Randy and Sandy Naaktgeboren
Yokes Construction

The Wonderful Individual Dog Sponsors
Josh and Lacey Trygstad
Bob and Kathy DeMonnin
Eric Straley and Family
Chicken Creen Saloon
Kendall Elifrits


2020 Standings

Checkpoint Time In Dogs In Time Out Dogs Out Rest Time Previous Layover Status Distance
Enroute Time Speed (mph) 8hr 24hr
Willow 3/08 14:24:00 14
Yentna 3/08 20:09:00 14 3/08 20:13:00 14 0h 4m 5h 45m 7.30 42
Skwentna 3/09 05:20:00 14 3/09 05:33:00 14 0h 13m 9h 7m 3.29 30
Finger Lake 3/09 14:17:00 14 3/09 19:29:00 14 5h 12m 8h 44m 4.58 40
Rainy Pass 3/09 23:19:00 14 3/10 05:13:00 14 5h 54m 3h 50m 7.83 30
Rohn 3/10 09:30:00 14 3/10 15:09:00 14 5h 39m 4h 17m 8.17 35
Nikolai 3/10 23:47:00 14 3/11 09:04:00 14 9h 17m 8h 38m 8.69 75
McGrath 3/11 15:06:00 14 3/11 20:08:00 12 5h 2m 6h 2m 7.96 48
Takotna 3/11 22:42:00 12 3/11 22:44:00 12 0h 2m 2h 34m 7.01 18
Ophir 3/12 01:51:00 12 3/13 03:22:00 12 25h 31m 3h 7m 7.38 ✔ 23
Cripple 3/13 17:09:00 12 3/13 21:46:00 12 4h 37m 13h 47m 5.30 ✔ 73
Ruby 3/14 11:01:00 12 3/14 17:05:00 12 6h 4m 13h 15m 5.28 ✔ 70
Galena 3/15 01:30:00 12 3/15 10:03:00 11 8h 33m 8h 25m 5.94 ✔ ✔ 50
Nulato 3/15 17:00:00 11 3/15 22:23:00 11 5h 23m 6h 57m 5.32 ✔ ✔ 37
Kaltag 3/16 03:49:00 11 3/16 11:17:00 11 7h 28m 5h 26m 8.65 ✔ ✔ 47
Unalakleet 3/17 01:40:00 11 3/17 07:24:00 10 5h 44m 14h 23m 5.91 ✔ ✔ 85
Koyuk 3/18 04:48:00 10 3/18 11:57:00 8 7h 9m 21h 24m 4.21 ✔ ✔ 90
Elim 3/18 18:20:00 8 3/20 08:43:00 8 38h 23m 6h 23m 7.52 ✔ ✔ 48
White Mountain 3/21 14:23:00 8 3/21 22:23:00 7 8h 0m 29h 40m 1.55 ✔ ✔ 46
Safety 3/22 05:34:00 7 3/22 05:36:00 7 0h 2m 7h 11m 7.66 ✔ ✔ 55
Nome 3/22 08:48:40 7 3h 12m 6.88 ✔ ✔ 22