Sure, everyone knows Lance Mackey, Jeff King, Ramy Brooks, even Cim Smyth, Jim Lanier, and Sonny Lindner… but some of the more unknown names in this year’s All Alaska Sweepstakes come from the locals of Nome, and member’s of the sweepstakes’ own Nome Kennel Club. The Nome mushers range from a home-making mom, to two [...]
As of 5:45pm AKST - The first 10 mushers have arrived into the checkpoint of Timber; here are the standings for the checkpoint:
Jim Lanier - 16:05 - 13 Dogs
Lance Mackey - 16:11 - 13 Dogs
Ed Iten - 16:17
Ramy Brooks - 16:18 - 12 Dogs
Hugh Neff - 16:20 - 13 Dogs
Mitch Seavy - 16:29 - 10 [...]
(click here) to download the 23meg file, its a 40 minute recording of this morning’s AAS start in Nome. I was broadcasting across western Alaska for KICY AM/FM.
I’ll be back in a few minutes with more updates on progress so far, and reports from the trail.
We had a great time this morning down on front street watching all 16 teams leave Nome. I’ve got our 40 minute broadcast from KICY that I’m uploading as we speak, it should be available later this afternoon (Nome upload speeds are very slow).
I really loved the organic feel of the start, there were [...]
It’s early Wednesday morning and the town of Nome is buzzing about this morning’s All Alaska Sweepstakes race that will kick off at 10am on Front Street. Unlike the Iditarod, where spectators gather along the Bering Sea to watch mushers come in, during this 408 mile race, Nome is both the starting, and the finish [...]
Here’s the starting order for the 100th anniversary running of the All Alaska Sweepstakes:
Note: Bib #1 was given to Pete MacManus, an Iditarod musher and Ambler teacher who was tragically killed in a plane crash on the way home from mushing in the ‘83 Sweepstakes.
#2 Conner Thomas, Nome
#3 Fred Napoka, Tuluksak
#4 [...]
So what about this All Alaska Sweepstakes route, designed by creators of
the Nome Kennel Club to make for such a tough race?
Most of us probably will never get all the way up that direction, so
let’s hear a description from “The Cruelest Miles” (pp 22-23):
“For the first fifty miles, the trail ran east along the blustery [...]
More about the All Alaska Sweepstakes, the 100th running of which starts
at 10 a.m. THIS WEDNESDAY, March 26 …
- In the race’s early years (1908-1917), it was dominated by Scotty
Allan and Leonhard Seppala. Each of them won the race 3 times (Allan in
1909, 1911, 1912; Seppala in 1915, 1916, 1917), and both men were
amazing dog [...]
- The All Alaska Sweepstakes this year will probably be tougher than it
was in the old days (1908-1917). Back then, the Nome-Candle trail was
used regularly; it linked a series of roadhouses & mining camps. Today
most of the trail is seldom used.
- Volunteers from Nome, Deering, Buckland & Kotzebue will venture out to
the 14 historic race [...]
First off, I have to apoligize for the lack of my “end game” in regards to finishing up Iditarod Coverage. I’d like to work on a big post here in the next day or so that will recap the final finishes into Nome. Our family has been moving into a new home for [...]