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Gebhardt didn’t rest until Galena, King is the man to beat and Swingley isn’t happy about it.
So, yesterday I reported that Paul Gebhardt was probably going to take his 24-hour layover (which can be taken anywhere on the trail) in Cripple, where he was going to enjoy his “first musher to the Yukon†award well, [...]
So, beyond the $72,000 and the brand new $44,000 dodge truck the winner receives in Nome, there are a number of other interesting prizes for mushers along the race. As a few have already been handed out this year, and a few major ones will be handed out in the hours and days to come [...]
Paul Gebhardt made it into Ruby before any other musher, claiming the prize of a seven course meal prepared over a camp-stove and an “after-dinner mint†of $3,500 in one dollar bills.
This is the second year in a row that the chefs from the Millennium Hotel in Anchorage have prepared a meal for Gebhardt, last [...]
He’s at it again .Paul Gebhardt, (despite losing his dogs for an hour or so earlier during the race) has passed the lead group of mushers taking their 24 hour rest in Cripple, and is heading onto Anvik where he will take his layover. If you look at the time it took him to [...]
Jeff King took his in Takotna, current race leader Doug Swingley is taking his in Cripple and others are following. This is a point in the race when you can really seen things change around because of the mandated 24 hour layover. Not only can the leaderboard get confusing because it fails to reflect [...]
I’m amazed. Not that Doug Swingley is keeping his lead and is hours ahead of anyone else leaving Ophir well, something about that is amazing, but I’ll get to that in a few minutes.
Martin Buser, who 24 hours ago was WAY behind in checkpoints and HOURS behind the race leaders has somehow managed to [...]
Last year’s media darling, Rachael Scordis is at it again, racing that is. In 2005 the then 19 year old musher created controversy when she entered the Iditarod as the first legally blind participant to do so. Many veteran mushers were concerned for her safety and the safety of her dogs, but they [...]
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 [...]