Daily Update- 3/12/2012 The Early Edition

Hi Boys and Girls,

Wow! Things were busy last night on the trail.  There are 5 more scratches-(see below), and the leaders are getting closer to Nome.  The burled arches were constructed yesterday in Nome.  Who do you think will cross the finish line first?  When do you think the leader will make it to Nome?

 

Now for today’s update:

DATE: 3/12/2012  early edition

TIME: 1:05

LEADERS: 1.Dallas Seavey,  2. Aliy Zirkle, 3.  Aaron Burmeister,  4. John Baker,  5. Mitch Seavey

WHERE ARE THE MUSHERS: All 5 of the leaders have left Shaktoolik.  There is less than four hours between Dallas and Mitch.  3 teams are still in Shaktoolik, 5 teams are on their way to Shaktoolik, 7 teams are in Unalakleet, 13 teams are traveling to Unalakleet, 7 teams are in Kaltag, 3 teams are traveling to Kaltag, 5 teams are traveling to Kaltag, 2 teams are in Nulato, 2 teams are traveling to Nulato, 4 teams are in Galena, and 3 teams are in Rubyy.

RED LANTERN POSITION; Jan Steves who is in Ruby

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR POSITION: Brent Sass is the lead Rookie in 15th place and he is in Unalakleet.

SCRATCHED; Wow! There were 5 scratches overnight.

Pat Moon scratched in Ruby due to a small number of dogs,

Lachlan ClarK scratched in Galena due to a small number of dogs

Josh Cadzow scratched in Kaltag because his team wasn’t enjoying the trip.

Jeff King scratched in Unalakleet and at the moment no reason has been given

WITHDRAWN: Jake Berkowitz was withdrawn from the race in Unalakleet.  He severely cut his hand out on the trail cutting up frozen fish to feed his dogs.

WEATHER: The weather in Shaktoolik is -15 and partly cloudy, The weather in Unalakleet is -20 degrees F and fair.  The weather in Kaltag is -19 degrees F and fair. In Galena it’s -20 and fair.

Answer to Yesterdays Question: The next and final Mandatory Rest Break must be taken in White Mountain

QUESTION OF THE DAY: What is the difference between scratching from the race and being withdrawn from the race?

FAN QUESTION: Send me some questions and comments today and maybe your question will be picked for the question of the day.

 

I’m looking for your predictions for the winner and for the Red Lantern winner.  Have a great day today.

Until later today,

Gypsy

 
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