The Iditarod Continues
15. Mar, 2006 
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Photos have just arrived from last night’s dramatic first place finish by Jeff King. (click here) to view.
A big thanks to Nate Hobbs who took these great shots in Nome and emailed them to me for all of you to enjoy. You can also listen to KICY’s compiled broadcast of the finish right here clicking here.
Just three hours after Jeff King got in, Doug Swingley arrived in Nome in second place, Paul Gebhardt got third place, DeeDee Jonrowe came in fourth and John Baker fifth. Team Norway’s 2006 entry into the race, Bjornar Andersen came in sixth and last year’s runner up, Ed Iten came in seventh.
We still haven’t seen the entire top twenty come through Nome yet, and there are still a bunch of mushers out on the trail. Four time champion Martin Buser is currently in 25th place right ahead of Jessica Hendricks and Ramy Brooks left White Mountain this afternoon around 3:00pm in 31st place. Former visual trail interpreter for Rachael Scdoris, Paul Ellering is out of Shaktoolik 6 positions ahead of Rachael and her current interpreter, Tim Osmar.
The story that everyone is talking about is Sonny Lindner and his amazing rookie dog team. Sonny, from Fairbanks Alaska has been racing in the Iditarod on and off since 1978 and this year took out a team of all 2-3 year old puppies, and managed to finish in 13th place. With such a great finish the first year look out of this veteran musher in 2007.
As is with all Iditarods, or even all great sporting events the first thing out of any second place finisher’s mouth is “wait until next year”. That’s what Doug Swingley was telling everyone in Nome, and to be fair he did have quite the race with another young team. You can also talk about 2005 champion Robert Sorlie who took this year off to let his nephew race and flew over from Norway to study other teams on the trail. He is dying to get back on the trail and reclaim the title.
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Great job on your blog, I enjoyed visiting for updates, hope you continue next year.
Nice site! One of many I’ll bookmark for next year!
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The Iditarod Race is always a very exciting and emotional event for all involved. Thanks for sharing your own excitement well contained in your wonderful commentaries. Looking forward to next year’s blog!