Ryne and the Red & Black team are about 60 miles from Nome. She has already passed Jim Lanier and is cruising along at a steady pace. Her family and the rest of the SP Crew proudly await Ryne’s arrival in Nome. She should arrive late afternoon, early evening. We … Read More
As I am typing this, Ryne is pulling into White Mountain. The past 48hrs will probably end up being some of the most challenging and memorable parts of her adventure. Yesterday a storm was blowing across the Bering Sea and mushers were piling up in Shaktoolik. Ryne came along from … Read More
I’ve been looking for info on what’s going on with Ryne. It appears she left Elim earlier today, went a few miles, then returned to the checkpoint. The GPS shows her still there. In the process, I came across this video of her on the Sound. The caption reads: “I … Read More
A monster race and valiant competitive effort ended for Aliy when she crossed under the burled arch on Nome’s Main Street at 8:29pm in second place for the best Iditarod finish of her mushing career. The crowd who had come to watch Dallas Seavey cross the finish line hung around … Read More
Ray Crowe has flown into Nome and seen Aliy out of the plane window. He texted us that she was double ski-poling and about 5 miles apart from both Dallas and Raymey. This means she is still giving it all she has got. After passing through Safety she knows how … Read More
As I’m sure you all have seen, Dallas left White Mountain 63 minutes ahead of Aliy. That means the Red Team has a big — huge, maybe insurmountable — challenge to catch him. They will have to average almost a minute a mile faster to do it. That would be … Read More
Sorry to leave everyone in the lurch. We are all rushing towards Nome, hoping to be there to greet Aliy at the finishline. From the plane in Anchorage, I just saw that Aliy is gaining on Dallas, but Ramey is gaining on both. What a race! Post from Nome.
Hi, this is Wes. I am sitting here in Nome and am doing this update because Kaz is in transit to Nome and Mickey is sitting in the departure lounge in Anchorage on standbye trying to get an earlier flight. Alaska Airlines are aware she is Aliy’s mom and are … Read More
