The excitement and crowds grew all morning here at the finish line in Nome, waiting for Lance Mackey to come mushing down Front Street. As is the custom around here, the town’s fire siren went off to signal a musher on the outskirts of town and the crowd filled in … Read More
Frankly, I don’t really know what’s been going on out there on the trail. Aliy just left Shaktoolik where she has been for the past 24+ hours. She is in a “convoy” of sorts with a number of other premier mushers — Martin Buser, Jeff King, Hans Gatt and Paul … Read More
Here’s a little treat for all of you Manny fans out there… My internet connection here in Nome is pretty slow, so I’ve been clicking on some Insider clips then doing other stuff until they’ve loaded and start playing in the background. In this process I was hearing an interview … Read More
It was pretty strange to check the leader board and GPS this morning and see practically no change in team positions from last night. That’s a sure sign that the weather has pretty much everybody bogged down. Aliy remains in Shaktoolik with 14 other mushers. She called Kaz last night … Read More
I’ve been watching the GPS, and something very interesting has just happened. Jeff King and Hans Gatt — who left Shaktoolik early this afternoon — got to the Norton Sound, waited a while, then turned around and have returned to Shaktoolik. What this means — though I admit this is … Read More
I just got a call from Mickey reporting that Aliy called her from Shaktoolik. There is a “ground blizzard” going on there, with high winds and zero visibility. She is there with a number of mushers, but no one else has come in after them for a quite a while … Read More
Aliy posted this at 11:14 this morning as a comment to last night’s update… I don’t know how many of you check the comments, so I’m posting it here: Aliy said…Macgellan – HEY!!! Am here in UNK and on the table is a “Tommy Mac”. Had to jump on quick … Read More
It’s pretty crazy out there on the Iditarod Trail, but here’s what we think we know… The leader board shows Aliy out of Kaltag a little after 4pm this afternoon and on her way to Unalakleet. Her GPS tracker has either broken or fallen off her sled, because it last … Read More
This isn’t just a happy story, this is the Happy story. It’s a difficult story to tell in this format of still photos and video clips, and I’ve been working on it all week to try to do it justice. It’s also a long story, but I think you’ll find … Read More
Greetings! I don’t know about you, but I’m having a hard time believing it was exactly a week ago that the SP Kennel teams started the Iditarod. I’m not sure whether I’m having a harder time with the fact that it has “already” been a week or that is has … Read More
