| 1 | Linwood Fiedler | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:00 |
| 2 | Cim Smyth | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:02 |
| 3 | Wattie McDonald (r*) | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:04 |
| 4 | Zoya DeNure | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:06 |
| 5 | Jessie Royer | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:08 |
| 6 | Paul Gebhardt | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:10 |
| 7 | John Baker | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:12 |
| 8 | Ray Redington Jr | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:14 |
| 9 | Justin Savidis (r) | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:16 |
| 10 | Blake Freking | OUT OF Willow | 03/07 14:18 |
*r = rookie
As you see, they leave at two-minute intervals. The mushers and their teams are ready; the volunteers are all at their assigned posts along the trail. It's going to be a GREAT race this year.
The teams will leave Willow Lake and head toward the Big Susitna River, toward Yentna, and on into the teeth of North America’s largest mountain range, The Alaska Range. Denali, known to most Outsiders at Mt. McKinley, is the tallest peak in the Alaska Range, as well as in North America at 20,322 feet. At four miles high, its upper half is visible from Anchorage, some 125 miles to the south/southeast.
It's 18 degrees and mostly sunny in Willow. This is going to be fun.
3 comments:
Are those dogs having as much fun s they look like they are?
They always look so happy in their work. Is that an illusion?
Anthropomorphism?
Larry, they LOVE to run. The real eye-opener is how they behave once they're in harness & near the starting line. They struggle and strain to run ahead, and the mushers have a deadman-style anchor in the snow to keep them from hitting the trail prematurely. Some of them are trying so hard to run that they actually leap straight up into the air in an attempt to get going. They really do love it!
Just love this!! If Hootie was bigger he'd want to be a sled dog too. Thank you for keeping us dogs apprised of what's going on with the Iditarod.
SloppySmooches,
BabyRocketDog & Hootie
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