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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.


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 14:12:00 14
Yentna 3/08 19:27:00 14 3/08 19:32:00 14 0h 5m 5h 15m 8.00 42
Skwentna 3/09 00:44:00 14 3/09 04:09:00 14 3h 25m 5h 12m 5.77 30
Finger Lake 3/09 09:17:00 14 3/09 13:01:00 14 3h 44m 5h 8m 7.79 40
Rainy Pass 3/09 16:35:00 14 3/09 23:27:00 14 6h 52m 3h 34m 8.41 30
Rohn 3/10 03:23:00 14 3/10 08:40:00 14 5h 17m 3h 56m 8.90 35
Nikolai 3/10 16:51:00 14 3/10 22:52:00 14 6h 1m 8h 11m 9.16 75
McGrath 3/11 04:16:00 14 3/11 04:17:00 14 0h 1m 5h 24m 8.89 48
Takotna 3/11 06:42:00 14 3/12 08:25:00 14 25h 43m 2h 25m 7.45 ✔ 18
Ophir 3/12 10:46:00 14 3/12 10:53:00 14 0h 7m 2h 21m 9.79 ✔ 23
Cripple 3/12 22:41:00 14 3/13 05:45:00 14 7h 4m 11h 48m 6.19 ✔ 73
Ruby 3/13 15:07:00 14 3/13 23:15:00 14 8h 8m 9h 22m 7.47 ✔ ✔ 70
Galena 3/14 05:42:00 14 6h 27m 7.75 ✔ ✔ Scratched 50