Hi Boys and Girls,

How was your day today.  It sure was busy in Nome today.  14 teams have finished the race with 39 teams still on the trail.  The race is NOT over until the red lantern position crosses the finish line.  So stay tuned.  There’s more excitement to come.

Now for today’s update:

DATE: 3/14/2014

TIME: 15:09

FINISHERS:

4. Aaron Burmeister      9 days 10 hours  04 minutes

5. Peter Kaiser              9 days  11 hours  06 minutes

6.Ray Redington Jr      9 days   12 hours 19 minutes

7. Mitch Seavey            9 days   13 hours 10 minutes

8. Michael Williams       9 days   13 hours  12 minutes

9.  John Baker                9 days   13 hours  25 minutes

10. Dee Dee Jonrowe      9 days   14 hours  43 minutes

11. Sigrid Ekran               9 days   15 hours   50 minutes

12. Ken Anderson            9 days    18 hours  56 minutes

13  Brent Sass                 9 days     20 hours  25 minutes

14  Sonny Lindner           9 days     21 hours  28 minutes

NEXT 5 MUSHERS: 15. Paul Gebhardt, 16. Hugh Neff 17. Michelle Phillips, 18. Rohn Buser, 19. Martin Buser.

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS:.  Paul, Hugh, and Neff have left White Mountain.  Those teams should be in Nome later tonight.   2 teams are resting in White Mountain, 12 teams have left Elim, I team is in Elim, 2 teams have left Koyuk, 4 teams are resting in Koyuk, 10 teams has left Shaktoolik, 2 teams are in Shaktoolik, 1 team is in Unalakleet, 2 teams are in Kaltag,

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Brent Sass finished in 13th place and is the Rookie of the Year.

RED LANTERN POSITION: Bob Chlupach who is in Kaltag

SCRATCHED: Michael Suprenant scratched in Unalakleet over concern for his team.

WITHDRAWN: None

WEATHER: The weather in Nome is 12 degrees F and partly cloudy. The weather in White Mountain is 14 degrees F and cloudy. The weather in Elim is 12 degrees F and fair. The weather in Koyuk is 7 degrees F and cloudy. The weather in Shaktoolik is 6 degrees F and cloudy and windy, The weather in Unalakleet is 16 degrees F and  partly cloudy.  The weather in Kaltag is 9 degrees F and cloudy.

Word is that the winds between Shaktoolik and Koyuk are around 25-30 miles per hour.  This is really kicking up the snow and visibility is very low.  A few teams turned back to Shaktoolik to wait out the weather.  Travel is slow between Shaktoolik and Koyuk so it may take the mushers more time than usual to make the trip.

Answer yesterdays question:

QUESTION OF THE DAY:

FAN QUESTION: Nick asked “if a mushers scratches what do they do and where do they go.”  Once a musher scratches, he continues to care for his dogs until they are flown back to Anchorage to await pick up there.  The musher then flies back to Anchorage to pick up his dogs and supplies.  If a musher is close to Nome, he/she and the team are taken to Nome and then flown back to Anchorage.

There were a lot of good questions and comments today. If you don’t see an answer to your question, hang in there, I’ll answer all the questions soon.  Thanks for your patience.  Now off to see who finishes next!

Until tomorrow,

Gypsy