Dallas Seavey, a five time Iditarod champion chasing his record sixth title, leads a group of five mushers who have departed Rainy Pass. While Seavey was the first to arrive in Rainy Pass and the first to leave, fifth-place musher Michelle Phillips clocked the fastest time from Finger Lake to Rainy Pass at 3 hours and 16 minutes.
The top 11 mushers have all checked into Rainy Pass, but just the top five have departed the checkpoint headed for Rohn, which is 35 miles away. There are 32 mushers who have checked into Finger Lake and 15 who have already departed for Rainy Pass. Just six dog sled teams left Skwentna and have yet to arrive in Finger Lake.
5 comments:
Reverend, I should remember this and I do not: is this a race where if they fall enough "behind" the expected time, they are pulled from the race?
Safe travels to them all!
TB, no one pulls a musher from the race, except they themselves. Otherwise, the crowd at the finish line in Nome will stay there until the last musher comes in. That may be days - sometimes more than a week - after the winner.
Thanks, Linda!
Hopefully they all make it safely. Just completing the race is quite the accomplishment!
NFO, I hope you're right. A few mushers inevitably scratch due to injury, equipment failure, or issues with their dogs. But most will finish.
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