I’ve got to admit, there was much less shakeup going into Nikolai that I was expecting. Doug Swingley has however lost his hour lead over Jeff King, they left for McGrath just 5 minutes apart. Aliy Zirkle is just half an hour behind those two, and could have just as good of a shot [...]
We’re all waiting . Late last night Doug Swingley checked out of Rohn on his way to Nikolai, but less than an hour behind him was Jeff King and the rest of the top 7 follow within the hour. We’re sitting here at our computers waiting for another update to see who gets into Nikolai [...]
Gary Paulsen, one of Iditarod’s biggest fans became the first musher to scratch from this year’s race early yesterday morning. Paulsen, 66 was attempting to run his third Iditarod, his first was in 1983, second in 1985, and he withdrew from last years race just days before the start. Paulsen is most known for his [...]