As Aliy is resting at Takotna and Ryne is making her way to McGrath, many people have asked about the artist who created the Spirit Mask. Artist Orville Lund of Bristol Bay created the mask to portray the union of the spirits of dogs and musher. Neat article about it: … Read More
March 6, 2012 9:30 pm AST What a day on the Iditarod trail! Aliy is still leading the front pack. She just past through McGrath on her way to Takotna. She won the Spirit of Alaska Award presented by PenAir for the first musher to McGrath. It is a Spirit … Read More
March 6, 2012 Day 3 Midday Day 3 started with Aliy pushing into Nikolai. She arrived at 9:14 am AST in the first position. On the surface, she has been running a very different race than she has in the past. There seems to be speculation about her plan, going … Read More
March 5, 2012 10 pm AST It has been an interesting day along the Iditarod Trail. After leaving Willow in fairly warm temperatures and blue skies, Aliy, Ryne and the other 2012 Iditarod mushers had a night of 15 to 25 below. That is perfect for the SP Dogs! Today … Read More
Just in case you missed the latest update to the Iditarod leader board: Aliy has passed through Rohn and is in the lead! She’s probably only going to go just a few miles down the trail and camp, but still! Go Aliy!
March 5, 2012 Mike Litzen and Doug Zirkle The best laid plans often come to naught when confronted with Alaskan weather!! Doug and I (Aliy’s dad and mom) met our good friend and experienced Alaskan pilot, Mike Litzen at 0930 today. Mike had flown his 1953 Cessna 150 from his … Read More
Aliy and Ryne are off on their treks to Nome. They both left Willow with strong, happy teams of 16 dogs. It was a beautiful day for the start. Pictures amid more info to come.
