Crazy Day on the Trail

From the Anchorage Daily News website:

Excerpt:

• Five-time Iditarod champion Rick Swenson, 60, had just arrived. His collarbone looked broken and it was time for an unofficial Iditarod tradition: Animal doctors pinch hitting on human injuries. Swenson's sled crashed at the bottom of the notorious Happy River Steps, a Z-shaped series of turns that threatens sleds each year. 
• Sebastian Schnuelle of Whitehorse crashed on the steps, his sled turning 360 degrees before he found himself face down in the snow.  
• DeeDee Jonrowe lost more than an hour when she took a wrong turn out of Finger Lake.
• Martin Buser lost five dogs after tangling with another team. A musher sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard rescued three of them.

 But then there's this: 

• Defending champion Lance Mackey, meantime, blasted into Rainy Pass first and hours later headed out on the Farewell Burn on a record pace. "I'm comfortable in the front," he said.

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