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
Karolyn has some hugely experienced dogs in her team to back up a bunch of rookies and other inexperienced dogs as they leave Fairbanks on the YQ300 this afternoon. She has Junior, Mismo, Kodiak, Sanka, Cloud, Peach, Iron, Champ, Bronze, Gold and Cayenne. That’s only 11 you say? Yes – … Read More
Allen’s team leaving Fairbanks later this morning is an mixed-bag of varying levels of experience – Commando, Dutch, Spark, Amber, Bruno, Jefe, Five, Rodney, Chipper, Scooby, Clyde, Perky, Violet, Decaf. He has four Quest rookies with him on the team – Jefe, Scooby, Perky and Decaf although all have 1000 … Read More
Karolyn and her team will start the YQ300 wearing bib 63. Don’t be alarmed – there are not 63 teams! The YQ300 bibs start at 51 to distinguish them easily from the YQ1000 teams, so they will leave the chute as number 13 – at 3:36pm AKST (tbc). Karolyn shared … Read More
Tonight was the Start Banquet and Bib Draw for the Yukon Quest. Padee and Bridgett captured some images from the evening for you. The first act of the evening was the presentation of colors by UAF US ARMY ROTC followed by Eve Baker who did a stunning job with the … Read More
As mentioned in our earlier post – the lead up to the YQ is busy! Here’s what we’ve been up to so far. Meet the mushers This evening was the Fairbanks Meet the Mushers event and it was hugely popular, with locals and visiting fans filling the function room. The … Read More
It is less than a week until our teams will head off down the Yukon Quest trail from Fairbanks. Here’s what’s happening between now and then. TIMETABLE Later today Dr T Rose will come out to the kennel to complete veterinarian checks on 16 possible 1000 mile dogs. YQ veteran mushers … Read More
