It’s a little after midnight and I have made it back to my Fairbanks HQ after a long drive from Paxson, including a side-trip out to the Kennel. Let me explain… Aliy decided to drop two dogs in Paxson: Spicy because of a sore foot, and Minnie because, as Aliy … Read More
The Red Team arrived in Paxson, just in time to wave as the Black Team was heading out! The mushers waved, that is. The dogs looked at each other and cocked their heads as if to say, “Wazzup with that?” The Black Team departed with all 16 dogs. In MacLaren, … Read More
Okay!… As you know from my last iPhone post, the Black Team arrived here in Paxson at 3:47. While Bridgett strawed, unbootied and snacked the dogs, Allen made a hot meal for them. After only 45 minutes, the entire checkpoint process was complete — very efficient with two mushers — … Read More
The Black Team arrived in Paxson at 3:47 with 16 dogs in team. There are NO dropped dogs. Two were "left" in Alpine and two more in MacLaren… All according to plan for fresh dogs on return. Dogs are fed and resting, mushers now in same process. Stay tuned!
If you’ve looked at the race updates, you “know” everything that I do at the moment. I can only add that it looks like both Teams are well ahead of their “race plans.” I must add, however, that since we’ve never raced this course before we could only make estimates … Read More
What a day it’s been: Drive and arrive, pre-race, starts, sleds… and good internet!… “Perfect!” Frankly, I’m now totally out of “stuff” to post! I’m sure some of you eagle-eyed fans noticed the new camera mounted on Aliy’s sled. It looked to me like she was filming at the start! … Read More
Most of the teams showed up to race with some kind of variation on the “drag sled” using a traditional “drag line.” You can see why Aliy’s dad said the line is a trip hazard! A few teams are using these “Dual Position” or “Tandem” (or whatever they’re called) sleds. … Read More
Willie is working on your start video right now! He's a hard worker sitting on a table in a bar. Stay tuned!
Both SP Kennel Teams had clean, on-time starts of the Denali Doubles. The sun had set, it was rapidly getting colder and the wind was really picking up. Not that the dogs cared! With so many dogs per team, the scene was a riot! A bit of an ominous sign … Read More
