Here in Unalakleet with the prospect of a musher arriving sometime soon its not so much about who is coming in, but when they are coming in. Everyone from lifetime residents to freelance writers in this small town are speculating about when the first teams might arrive. Each person has a different opinion [...]
I just looked at the most current standings, it seems Jeff King managed to sneak out of Eagle Island a few minutes before Martin Buser, thus putting him in the lead of the race….but he also got an hour and a half less rest than Buser did, so we’ll see if that has any effect.
I’m [...]
Martin Buser, Jeff King, Lance Mackey, and Paul Gebhardt are all on their way from Greyling to Eagle Island and from there it will be a long trek to Kaltag, and Unalakleet will be the next big destination from there. I’ve reached my “halfway point” starting out this morning in Anchorage one week after [...]