It is just under 3 weeks until Race Time and Allen and Sam delivered over 1,500 pounds of Iditarod dog food and gear to Airland Transport in Fairbanks yesterday. Each Iditarod checkpoint has individually labeled bags. The sorting will happen in Anchorage this weekend with many Iditarod volunteers. Each musher’s … Read More
977 miles – 977 thank yous. First of all, and most important of all, thanks go to Dutch, Spark, Amber, Five, Jefe, Bruno, Commando, Rodney, Scooby, Clyde, Chipper, Violet, Perky and Decaf. You are amazing. A great handler crew can really enhance the race for a musher and we felt … Read More
That’s a wrap for another Yukon Quest. We still have a little more to share but tonight was the finish banquet and prize giving where we heard from the mushers and officials. It is one of the fun bits of the Quest where we get to hear stories from out … Read More
Congratulations Allen, Dutch, Sparkie, Amber, Five, Jefe, Bruno, Commando, Rodney, Scooby, Clyde, Chipper and Violet plus Perky and Decaf. We are so very proud of you! At 1.20pm this afternoon our team trotted through the finish chute after a marathon 18 hour, 34 minute run from Braeburn. Allen stopped the … Read More
Its 10:45am Yukon Time. Firstly, CONGRATULATIONS to Brent and his team, Michelle and her team, and Cody and his team on fantastic races. We’re really happy for you all and your respective kennel crews. Nicely done, friends! It is currently blizzard-ing and has been most of the night. Allen, Dutchman, … Read More
It’s 11pm Yukon time – Tuesday night Our 13 athletes left Braeburn and headed off down the trail towards Whitehorse, right on time at 6:46pm. As I write they are about 22 miles into the 95 mile run home. As mentioned in the previous post, Decaf is finishing the race … Read More
It’s 1pm Yukon Time. Allen and his mates are resting in the checkpoint after quite a challenging trip over from Carmacks. Wind and snow was forecast and wind and snow is what they got! Allen said at one point the wind over the lakes was 50mph and visibility very poor. … Read More
It’s 8.45am Yukon Time. It’s 0F in Braeburn right now. As I write this Allen and his team are slogging through snowy and windswept trail towards Braeburn checkpoint. The are 13 miles out and travelling between 4-5 miles per hour right now. It is hard work out there. The area … Read More
It’s 9.30pm Yukon Time Today was all about the village of Carmacks. Allen and his 13 phenomenal mates pulled in to Carmacks checkpoint at 2:02pm and stayed almost exactly six hours. They left at 8:03pm. They all looked fantastic coming in, having rested six hours at McCabe – Allen included. … Read More
It’s 10.50am Yukon Time. As I write, Allen and his team are about 24 miles from the checkpoint at Carmacks. Here’s a voice update from Aliy They spent the early hours of the day in McCabe creek. They pulled in just after 1.30am and stayed for around six hours, leaving … Read More
