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Post by FlightView on Mar 4, 2024 20:10:09 GMT -6
in an effort to get info about mushers that you're interested in, please let me know who you're rooting for and I'll be sure to spot light them in my GPS access! I haven't been around in a while, but I came looking for this thread. Bib #15, Teaford, is a friend of mine from high school! Absolutely invested in his journey. He is currently resting between Skwentna and Rohn. I favorited him!
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Post by FlightView on Mar 4, 2024 20:21:58 GMT -6
From the Iditarod blog--
Well, you know you’re a serious Iditarod fan if your weather app includes checkpoints along the trail. Looks like the temperture will stay in the teens, winds will be lights and snow is likely for this side of the Alaska Range today. Pretty good weather.
Jessie Holmes and Connor McMahon were the first to arrive at Yentna Station, 43 miles from the start banner at Willow. The both checked in at 17:47. One minute latter, Mats Pettersson checked in then Jessica Klejka followed. Mille Posild was six minutes behind. That was all before 18:00. At that point, one could say there was a flood of arriving teams – 23 teams arrived in the next hour. Joshua Robbins was the final musher out of Yentna at 22:22, napping there for close to four hours. Only a handful of teams napped on the river outside the Yentna Station Roadhouse. A few others took straw and found a quiet camping place on the way to Skwentna.
The first head lamp appeared up river of Skwentna just a minute or two past 21:00. It was worn by Mille Porsild who checked in at 21:03. My prediction of 21:12, made yesterday, wasn’t too far off. Ryan Redington followed at 21:15. There were a number of teams who rested between 4 and 5 hours on the river taking advantage of the Skwentna hospitality before taking off for Finger Lake. Benjamin Good, Calvin Daugherty and Lara Kittelson departed just before 06:00. Just like that, Skwentna checkpoint was quiet. All the action was packed between 21:00 and 06:00. Now the crew that worked all night will catch some sleep and tackle clean-up later in the day.
Jessie Holmes was the first to check into Finger Lake at 04:11. His run from Skwentna took 4hrs, 44 min. The Insider Crew got a few comments from Jessie as he collected straw and Heet to continue down the trail. He mentioned 10 miles of rough trail (I won’t quote his exact description) and said that he had to punch a moose in the nose. Paige Drobny who arrived in Finger a short time later also grabbed straw and headed up the trail to rest.
At this point, Holmes, Drobny, Wally Robinson, Ryan Redington and Mille Porsild are out of Finger heading toward Puntilla Lake. The Happy River Steps, a perennial challenge, awaits them.
Rookies Gabe Dunham and Josi Thyr are in Finger along with veterans Mat Pettersson, Jason Mackey, Anna Berington and Hunter Keefe. All the rest of the teams are heading to Finger Lake from Skwentna. Now is a great time to watch some of the incoming Insider interviews at Finger Lake.
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Post by marygracerich on Mar 4, 2024 22:08:41 GMT -6
in an effort to get info about mushers that you're interested in, please let me know who you're rooting for and I'll be sure to spot light them in my GPS access! Anna Berington please.
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Post by leatherpants on Mar 5, 2024 10:33:51 GMT -6
That moose story is wild. I also laughed that the other racers behind just kept running over the moose. What in the world.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 5, 2024 21:23:26 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 5, 2024 21:24:42 GMT -6
My parents were supposed to fly to McGrath but weather wasn’t allowing it. They’ll try again tomorrow morning.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 5, 2024 22:14:30 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 5, 2024 22:47:25 GMT -6
wildflower I just watched Teaford's insider video and he played a song on his trumpet. Then he said he plays the trumpet in the morning for his team before breakfast. Then he did his breakfast song for the dogs and they all started howling. He's a funny guy! The videographer said "finally something Dallas can't do!"
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Post by wildflower on Mar 6, 2024 6:54:03 GMT -6
wildflower I just watched Teaford's insider video and he played a song on his trumpet. Then he said he plays the trumpet in the morning for his team before breakfast. Then he did his breakfast song for the dogs and they all started howling. He's a funny guy! The videographer said "finally something Dallas can't do!" His wit and trumpet skills have been around as long as I've known him! He takes his trumpet everywhere with him; it's more well traveled than most humans, lol. So I'm noticing that Teaford is resting at nearly every checkpoint for a few hours. Whereas the contenders are often just breezing through. Is this indicative of problems? Or just a rookie taking it slow and steady?
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Post by wildflower on Mar 6, 2024 16:29:28 GMT -6
From Facebook
Isaac Teaford is in Mcgrath! 🎉 We heard word that leaving Rohn, Isaac had encountered some sled trouble, the right stanchions on the sled were broken and needed repair. Mushers are prepared for sleds to break, but as you can imagine this is a hurdle that can seem very daunting and a touch overwhelming. Isaac was able to repair his sled with his sled repair kit and thankfully was able to carry on to Nikolai after a short camp. While in Mcgrath, Isaac will get to decide if he will switch over to a different sled or carry on with his current one.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 6, 2024 23:13:14 GMT -6
From the Iditarod's FB page -
The Call Center Opens Today! Call the Race Information Line that is active from 6am-10pm AKST starting today throughout the end of the race. You can call and talk to our awesome volunteer Call Center team for any information about the Race, including musher tracking, standings, Insider issues, and general information ☎️ (907) 248-MUSH This also means it's time for Musher Grams! 📝 The call center representative will take your name, what musher you would like it to and what you would like your message to be, and they physically hand-write the note that will make its way up the trail to the Musher.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 6, 2024 23:15:25 GMT -6
Examples of meals brought along by the mushers to eat - this is from Joshua Robbin's FB page. There's a picture of the meals individually packed but my ability to upload pics is somehow broken. Who here is wondering what Josh is eating on the Iditarod trail? Don’t worry, he’s not starving. His meals include: 🔹 Beef Merlot 🔸 Chicken Alfredo w/ moose 🔹 Lasagna 🔸 Honey Turkey ‘n Potatoes 🔹 Sweet ‘n Sour Chicken 🔸 Pizza 🔹 Pasta w/ Swedish meatballs 🔸 Beef Teriyaki 🔹 Red sauce pasta w/ moose 🔸 BBQ pulled pork with mac ‘n cheese 🔹 Angel hair pasta 🥧 Apple cobbler for dessert 🔥 The meals are vacuumed sealed and warmed in his handy dandy cooker. 📍Josh is currently resting at the Nikolai checkpoint, in good company with a group of other mushers. Next stop, McGrath! Attachments:
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Post by FlightView on Mar 6, 2024 23:23:25 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 7, 2024 12:25:27 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 7, 2024 16:34:46 GMT -6
Hmmmmmm….. tough to guess. Seavey is resting which means he may be able to pull it off and make it to Ruby first. Any guesses? Current top standings as of 1:28pm AKST And here’s the chef team from two great restaurants here in Anchorage. They’re flying to Ruby today. The musher that receives the gourmet meal is not required to eat it, they can donate it to a volunteer. If they do eat it, they can also select a person to enjoy the meal with them. Ruby has a population of 139 and is on the Yukon river, and is not on the road system. It’s only accessible by boat, airplane, snowmachine or dogsledding.
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 7, 2024 21:40:36 GMT -6
I get the general reason behind the rules, but then it says he had a badly injured dog. There is no leeway for getting a dog to medical care?
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Post by FlightView on Mar 7, 2024 23:54:19 GMT -6
I get the general reason behind the rules, but then it says he had a badly injured dog. There is no leeway for getting a dog to medical care? Well he delayed care for Faloo for over 5 hours. He mushed for an hour and then rested for 3. Then mushed another 2 hours to Finger Lake. He could have mushed back to Skwentna 2 hours to get Faloo medevac'ed to Anchorage. Not taking care of the moose properly was the only factor in the decision to penalize for 2 hours. He spent 10 minutes on the moose and on a 700lb + animal, that is definitely not enough time.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 8, 2024 1:21:47 GMT -6
10:05 PM AKST and Nic Petit is the first to reach the Yukon River at the Ruby checkpoint. He's currently bedding his dogs down, feeding and watering them and will take his 24 hour rest here. He requested a bed down spot that will be in the sun for tomorrow. He can receive his dinner tonight or tomorrow. He's taking time with his dogs to get them to sleep. This is about the halfway point of the race. I'm watching the livestream and it's pitch dark so hard to take any screenshots worth sharing.
ETA: Live stream of Nic Petit's dogs are being fed and taken care of, checked by the vets. The live cam in Cripple is showing Dallas' team getting ready to leave, he's taken his 24 and his 2 hour penalty rest.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 8, 2024 1:27:44 GMT -6
On the live stream, Nic said he's taking his 5 course meal at midnight after a shower.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 8, 2024 1:56:57 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 8, 2024 2:11:11 GMT -6
Ok live stream is off the chain! Dallas' team is howling in the background we can't see them, but we can hear them! He's getting them ready to go and they're excited!
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Post by snowyowl on Mar 8, 2024 8:52:24 GMT -6
I get the general reason behind the rules, but then it says he had a badly injured dog. There is no leeway for getting a dog to medical care? Well he delayed care for Faloo for over 5 hours. He mushed for an hour and then rested for 3. Then mushed another 2 hours to Finger Lake. He could have mushed back to Skwentna 2 hours to get Faloo medevac'ed to Anchorage. Not taking care of the moose properly was the only factor in the decision to penalize for 2 hours. He spent 10 minutes on the moose and on a 700lb + animal, that is definitely not enough time. That makes sense, thanks for explaining!
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Post by FlightView on Mar 8, 2024 16:08:50 GMT -6
From FB Iditarod page- I’ll add that there aren’t any restaurants in Ruby, because it’s rural and off the road system. So I’m glad Nic chose a Ruby resident to share his meal with! Nic Petit's First Musher to the Yukon award… The menu consisted of a seared scallop appetizer with a butternut squash puréeand crispy prosciutto, arugula salad with a champagne vinaigrette, Italian sausage soup, a ribeye steak topped with gorgonzola truffle butter, paired with smashed rosemary and parmesan fingerling potatoes and a strawberry crème brûlée with white chocolate and fresh berries for dessert. Petit thoroughly enjoyed his meal, which he shared with Ruby resident and long-time Iditarod volunteer, Nate Titus. Photos: Siri Raitto | siriraitto.com
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 4:20:31 GMT -6
Just watched Hunter Keefe & Mille Porsild come into Galena. Mille hasn’t been feeling well, hopefully she’s on the mend. It’s -5F, Katti Jo Deeter is napping but will wake up when her husband mushes through, he’s 6 miles away. The race is waking up, the front runners will start to get more of a lead over the others now.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 4:47:40 GMT -6
Next in the line
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 4:52:31 GMT -6
Josh McNeals dogs being run by Wally Robinson with his lead dog Alfred giving the camera a big smile running into Ruby
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 4:55:28 GMT -6
From FB “The T-Dog Alaska” On this International women's day we are reflecting on the women of dog mushing. Trail breakers like Susan Butcher who have empowered women in the sport for generations. Susan’s eldest daughter Tekla founded The T-Dog, a new sled dog race to celebrate her mother’s insatiable spirit! This race is organized by a majority female team, all inspired by the past generations to contribute to an inclusive future for dog sports! We do this by inviting smaller teams and kennels into the races through skijor and bikejor teams.
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 4:57:55 GMT -6
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Post by FlightView on Mar 9, 2024 12:33:06 GMT -6
From the Iditarod website: Travis Beals after taking his 8-hour Yukon rest in Galena has checked into Nulato at mile 582. Back of the pack mushers, Bryce Mumford and Joshua Robbins have just departed Cripple at mile 425. Like yesterday, roughly 150 miles separates the leaders from the wheel dogs. Again, the rookies of 2024 are a very strong class. They might be rookies on the Iditarod trail but they are not rookies when it comes to managing dogs and eating up the miles of trail. The trail from Ruby to Galena follows the Yukon River running generally west. Insider KattiJo is reporting from Galena went out on the trail to show folks what mushers can expect on the 50 mile run. Because there is snow machine traffic the trail is well packed and has some broken up snow cover. The wind is blowing from the northwest and it’s cold, even colder with the windchill. The trail on the river is flat. While that sounds good, add the temperature and wind plus the boredom of a flat run and mushers will be glad to say goodbye to the river at Kaltag. A word about boredom, it affects both the mushers and the dogs. Challenge keeps everyone alert and in the game, a flat river doesn’t offer that. While Dallas Seavey and Jessie Holmes are out of Galena heading to Nulato, Paige Drobny was in Galena resting and tending to her canine athletes. The mushers are very in tune with their athletes and know who needs what special TLC in the checkpoints. Paige does a lot of massage and applies heat to combat stiffness. Dogs are like people, we sometimes get a little stiff from exercise but once we get moving again, the stiffness goes away. The dog coats Paige uses have pockets over the shoulders so warmers can be inserted. Sound familiar – a nice warm rice bag for a little soreness? Drobny has three females from her Hip-Hop litter that have been leading. She told Insider that every dog on her team can led. Each dog has its own personality and prefers to lead in different situations. Some leaders might be good on the flat, others on icy trail and others on the coast in the wind. When Insider was at Cripple, we saw a walker pulling a sled and later a biker roll through the camera view. Iditarod isn’t the only event traversing the trail from Anchorage to Nome. The Iditarod Trail Invitational (ITI) started in Knik on February 25th on the same day the Jr. Iditarod finished. There are two distances for the ultra-athletes to choose from. The 350 mile event ends in McGrath. The 1,000 mile event ends in Nome. There are walkers, skiers and bikers in each event. This year there are 102 ultra-athletes on the trail, 64 going to McGrath and 38 continuing on to Nome. By far biking is the most popular option followed by walkers then skiers. Athletes must carry survival gear at all times but they can send consumables through ITI drops or to village post offices. Consumables include food batteries and handwarmers. To qualify for the 1,000 mile event, an athlete has to complete at lest one ITI 350 event. The Iditarod Trail Invitational is billed as the “World’s longest and toughest winter race for only the most experienced, rugged and intrepid competitors.” The same could be said for Iditarod. Attachments:
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Post by FlightView on Mar 10, 2024 3:07:04 GMT -6
Veteran musher Travis Beals of Seward was the first musher to arrive in Kaltag. Beals received the Bristol Bay Native Corporation Fish First Award from Carol Wren, BBNC’s Senior VP of Shareholder Development. The award consists of 25 pounds of fresh Bristol Bay Salmon filets, $2,000 and a wood burned art piece created by artist Apay’uq Moore. In honor of the tenth anniversary of the award, the artist included 10 fish in the artwork. Jason Metrokin, BBNC President and CEO said, “Both dog mushing and fishing are longstanding traditions in Bristol Bay, and we’re excited to honor both with the 10th annual Fish First Award. We wish Travis the best of luck and hope they enjoy the taste of Bristol Bay this summer.” Travis arrived in Kaltag at 15:03. After receiving the award, which will be re-presented in Nome, Travis took straw and headed toward Unalakleet. It looks like he went about 17 miles and is camping in the shelter of a forest. Travis rested in Nulato for almost 5 hours. He covered the 47 miles between Nulato and Kaltag at an average speed of 10.6 mph. His total run from Nulato to where he’s camping now was 64 miles. It’s definitely a fast trail between Nulato and Kaltag. Teams following Beals were almost all running over 10 mph – Holmes 10.64, Drobny 10.80, Hall 9.86, Redington 11.33 and Seavey 11.33. Holmes arrived in Kaltag at 17:02. Following Holmes, Drobny, Hall, Redington and Seavey came into Kaltag in a 22 minute span beginning at 18:14 with Redington and Seavey 1 minute apart at the end of the train. With the speed at the front ramping up, the race will spread out as the hours pass. Attachments:
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