Time 8:50am Race Mile 425 Woohoo! Off they go after their 25 hour 10 minute rest in Cripple. Aliy as all 13 dogs with her. She now has the first of the two green ‘mandatory stop’ ticks next to her name in the current standings. The second tick is the … Read More
Time: 7:40am Race Mile 425 Aliy and her 13-strong team pulled into the checkpoint at Cripple at 7.28am this morning. Their run over from Ophir was just under 15 hours including a three hour rest after about seven hours, just after crossing Folger Creek. We were able to watch their … Read More
Time: 5.30pm Race Mile: 357 Since I last wrote, Aliy and her team have moved on through Takotna and Ophir checkpoints and are currently heading towards Cripple checkpoint where, we presume, they will take her 24 hour mandatory stop. Read a detailed description of the trail here. Through Takotna this … Read More
Time: 8.20am Race Mile: 318 Just a quick update from overnight – Aliy and her team mushed into McGrath at 2.12am and spent around just over five hours in the checkpoint, leaving at 7.20am this morning. This amount of time would have given the dogs and Aliy a good rest … Read More
Time 7.15pm Race Mile 265 Aliy and her team mates have just left Nikolai and are headed towards McGrath. She rested the team at the checkpoint for 4.5 hours where the dogs enjoyed a sleep in the sun and Aliy also got a good nap. The mushers are getting very … Read More
Time: 7.30am Race mile: 211 When I last wrote Aliy and team had left Rainy Pass. Since then they have travelled through the checkpoint of Rohn and have just left their camp spot near Tin Creek. She checked in to Rohn at 11.45pm and out again just after midnight and … Read More
Time: 9.15pm Race mile: 167 Returned Dog Update We have just received word from Linda – our returned dog coordinator in Anchorage, that she has picked up Bruno from the vet crew at Race HQ. Aliy unfortunately had to leave him in Rainy Pass. From what I can gather, he … Read More
Time: 6am So, what happened over night? After leaving the chute in Willow, Aliy and the team passed through Yentna checkpoint just after 8pm. Yentna is not a resupply point so mushers needed to pack everything they needed to get their teams to Skwnetna, 83 miles into the race, including … Read More
It snowed all day out in Willow! It was warm and wet and a bit yuck but it was Iditarod Sunday and there’s no where we would have rather been. After an early breakfast for both canines and humans we headed in convoy up the Parks Highway to Willow Lake. … Read More
After agonising over the decision, Aliy has settled on her final 14 dogs to travel with her to Nome. They are (in alphabetical order): Amber (4), Bruno (2), Chevie (R), Cloud (R), Decaf (2), Dutch (5), Five (3), Jefe (2), Junior (4), Kodiak (4), QT (2), Rodney (3), Spark (4) and Violet (4). The number in brackets is how many Iditarod starts they have. … Read More
