Iditarod

Iditarod Airforce took this. Finally a look at Ryne on the trail! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTCpBljw9do&sns=em

March 10, 2012 10:30 pm AST Aliy and the Red Team left Kaltag after a 5 hour 41 minute rest at the checkpoint. She dropped two dogs before heading out on the trail. It is easy to start to try to put her run into a category, where she is … Read More

Aliy cruised off the Yukon River and into Kaltag at 11:14 am AST. There is an excellent video of her coming in and the dogs look FABULOUS. She commented that she wished she looked as good as the dogs. “I’m about to fall over asleep!” The dogs looked like they … Read More

March 9, 2012 11 pm AST Aliy and the Red Team arrived in Galena at 3:53 pm AST and declared her 8 hour Mandatory Yukon River Rest. She and the dogs looked great coming in. Head Checker and fellow musher Jon Korta greeted Aliy with a hug and an excellent … Read More

After resting on the trail between Cripple and Ruby, Aliy and the Red Team stopped in Ruby long enough to pick up some supplies and drop a dog. It looked like she and the dogs rested about 4 hours on the trail. Laureli Kinneen, the trail reported for Nome’s radio … Read More

March 8,2012 9:30 pm AST Day 5 on the Iditarod trail started early for SP Kennel. Aliy and the Red Team headed out of their 24 hour mandatory rest at 1:16 am (my calculation was off by 2 minutes last night). Aliy left Takotna with 15 dogs in harness, leaving … Read More

March 7, 2012 9:30 pm AST Aliy arrived at Takotna in the first position at 11:30 pm last evening. Rambler was riding in the sled, but wasn’t injured. After missing a call early this morning (Allen is still kicking himself), he got to talk to her early this afternoon and … Read More

As Aliy is resting at Takotna and Ryne is making her way to McGrath, many people have asked about the artist who created the Spirit Mask. Artist Orville Lund of Bristol Bay created the mask to portray the union of the spirits of dogs and musher. Neat article about it: … Read More

March 6, 2012 9:30 pm AST What a day on the Iditarod trail! Aliy is still leading the front pack. She just past through McGrath on her way to Takotna. She won the Spirit of Alaska Award presented by PenAir for the first musher to McGrath. It is a Spirit … Read More

March 6, 2012 Day 3 Midday Day 3 started with Aliy pushing into Nikolai. She arrived at 9:14 am AST in the first position. On the surface, she has been running a very different race than she has in the past. There seems to be speculation about her plan, going … Read More