Hi all! While all my mates are on the Iditarod trail (including my sisters Junior, Amber and Violet and brothers Dutch, Kodiak, Spark and Decaf!) I’m enjoying my first New Zealand summer. This week we have forecast sun and 21-25C all week (that’s 70-77F) so I spend much of the … Read More
To celebrate the halfway point in the race (and because Aliy and the team won’t be on the trail again till tomorrow morning) we made another Dog Fan Club Draw for all our dog fans. Congratulations to Robert Friedman who is a fan of Cayenne and Clyde fan Julie Atkinson. … 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
In our first Iditarod themed Dog Fan Club Draw we’ve made a draw from all the people who are fans of the dogs who did NOT make the team, just to ease the disappointment of their favourite not getting the nod. Congratulations to Carrie Hopkins who is a fan of … 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
