It’s 12.30am Tuesday in Alaska. Firstly – here’s an audio wrap up from Aliy about the happenings of today. Black Team Right now four teams have stopped at Slaven’s Roadhouse and are enjoying the hospitality. If you haven’t yet – check out their Facebook page. As it is not an … Read More
It’s 3.30pm Alaska Time Black Team At 10:45am Allen and all 14 of his team mates left Circle City Checkpoint after resting over five hours. He left with brothers Commando and Dutch in lead, Chipper and Spark in swing, bros Jefe and Bruno, bros Five and Rodney, Scooby and Amber, … Read More
Good morning! Its 8.00am Alaska time. Black Team At 5:27am Allen and his mates pulled in to Circle City checkpoint after spending 14 hours, 37 minutes between Central and Circle. This included an about four hour rest just before hitting Birch Creek. The temperatures have changed, with the handler crew … Read More
It’s 12:15am Monday AK time Black Team Right now Allen and his team mates are still negotiating Birch Creek and at time of writing they have about 35 miles till Circle. They will be pleased to get off the river and up onto land again. His handler crew of Bridgett … Read More
It’s 8.30pm AK time. Black Team Since last report, Allen and his 14 team mates have left Mile 101 Checkpoint, climbed Eagle Summit, passed through Central Checkpoint and set up camp just before Birch Creek. What have you done today? Padee was able to find a small pocket of internet … Read More
It’s 10:15am AK time. Karolyn and her team left Two Rivers checkpoint at 8:22am after resting for just over five hours. She left with 11 team mates and is currently climbing, climbing, climbing… Aliy sent through a voice memo for you: As you heard – Champ has returned to … Read More
It’s 7.45am Alaska time Black Team As I write this Allen and team are resting at Mile 101 checkpoint. They checked in at 5:53am. The team stayed in Two Rivers checkpoint for four hours. Allen got an hour of sleep in that time with the rest spent caring for the … Read More
It’s 11.30pm Saturday evening AK time (it’s only 9.30pm in NZ – but it is Sunday) Black Team After a flawless start and efficient ‘disembarkation’ of the two tag sleds, Allen and his team mates continued up the trail towards Two Rivers. The first 22-odd miles was along the Chena … Read More
Karolyn and her 12 team mates are on the trail and heading towards the first checkpoint at Two Rivers (which incidentally isn’t actually at Two Rivers but another 25 miles or so up the road towards the Chena Hot Springs.) The same pre-race routines were followed with Karolyn packing her … Read More
Allen and his 14 Black Team teammates are now on the trail for the 2020 Yukon Quest. Hear from Aliy just after they left: They left the Morris Thompson Cultural and Visitors Centre at 11:09am AK with two tag sleds behind. Daughters Jennifer and Bridgett and their kids enjoy the … Read More
