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FIEDLER SCRATCHES IN MCGRATH

Date: March 11, 2010 at 12:09 pm

IDITAROD XXXVIII musher Linwood Fiedler, (Bib #2) scratched at 08:24 a.m. Alaska Time (March 11, 2010) in McGrath Checkpoint.  The 56 year old musher from Willow Alaska had 11 dogs on his team.  Fiedler made the decision based on the best interest of his team.

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DALLAS SEAVEY WINS THE GCI DOROTHY PAGE HALFWAY AWARD… AND A FIST FULL OF GOLD!

Date: March 11, 2010 at 2:00 am

IDITAROD XXXVIII Musher Dallas Seavey (Bib #41) was the first to arrive at Cripple Checkpoint early this morning at 1:26 am Alaska Time.  The Willow Alaska musher reached the once gold rich mining camp with 13 dogs.  The Cripple Checkpoint signifies the halfway point in the thirty-eighth edition of “Last Great Race on Earth.”
Seavey’s run [...]

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Canine Fashion Statement

Date: March 10, 2010 at 10:56 pm

Colors in the checkpoint were brighter than usual beneath the brilliant blue McGrath Sky. There was a pile of “hot” pink booties lying beside William Pinkham’s resting team. Sam White’s dogs slept peacefully under neon pink and yellow coats. Colleen Robertia’s dogs snoozed under blankets made of cozy fleece decorated [...]

Posted by terriehanke in Race Coverage

McGrath Awaits Eleven Teams

Date: March 10, 2010 at 9:35 pm

It’s official; this morning’s temperature of 36 degrees below zero was a new record low in McGrath for March 10th. Mushers rolled in all day long. Some have stayed and like Newton Marshal have declared their 24-hour rest thinking that Takotna might be too crowded. Truthfully, once the dogs are bedded down [...]

Posted by terriehanke in Race Coverage

The Iditarod Trail From Ophir to Cripple Could Get Real Fast… Or Not!

Date: March 10, 2010 at 4:46 pm

Just a quick trail report here from Cripple checkpoint.  We have flown up the trail to get ahead of the mushers so we can be here tonight when the first team to the halfway point arrives.  Currently it’s sunny and “generally “ warm by Alaska standards but it was 42 below zero F. here last [...]

Posted by Bruce Lee in Race Coverage

Traffic in McGrath is Beginning to Thin Out

Date: March 10, 2010 at 4:09 pm

The heavy traffic through McGrath since 8:29  Tuesday evening has thinned considerably. That would be dog team traffic: not Dodge Trucks,  or Snowmachines. As the sun rose this morning, the temperatures dropped to minus 35 or perhaps a degree or two lower depending on who was reporting. Having plugged their planes in, the [...]

Posted by terriehanke in Race Coverage

Spirit of Alaska in McGrath

Date: March 10, 2010 at 1:00 pm

By Terrie Hanke
About 8:20 the call of “dog team on the river” announced to more than 100 spectators that the recipient of the PenAir Spirit of Alaska award was about to arrive at the McGrath checkpoint. Electronic tracking takes the guess work out of where mushers are on the trail so it was no [...]

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FREDERICK SCRATCHES IN ROHN

Date: March 10, 2010 at 11:28 am

IDITAROD XXXVIII rookie musher Kathleen Frederick, (Bib # 46) scratched at 09:50 am Alaska Time (March 10, 2010) in Rohn Checkpoint.  The Willow Alaskan musher scratched due to equipment and gear problems. Frederick scratched with 14 dogs on her team.

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Trail Conditions and Teams Heading Into Their 24 Hour Breaks

Date: March 10, 2010 at 8:09 am

The race is starting to come together for the front runners and the different race strategies are starting to play out as mushers start taking their 24 hour breaks.  Some have already declared their 24 hour layovers here at Takotna like Jeff King , Zack Steer, Hugh Neff and a number of others.  Hans Gatt [...]

Posted by Bruce Lee in Race Coverage

JEFF KING WINS PENAIR SPIRIT OF ALASKA AWARD

Date: March 10, 2010 at 2:27 am

IDITAROD XXXVIII Musher Jeff King (Bib # 2) was the first to arrive in McGrath along the banks of the Kuskokwim River at 8:29 pm Alaska Time.  The 4 time Iditarod Champion arrived with 16 dogs. He was greeted by PENAIR Chief Operating Officer Danny Seybert one of the Iditarod Trail Committee’s proud partners.
Seybert [...]

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