As Jessie Royer is about to finish her best Iditarod in 3rd place, Jesse Holmes (aka Hollywood Holmes) appears to be stalled again in between Koyuk and Elim. Matt Failor is about to come upon him....he was the Musher stalled out on the shelter cabin at the edge of the ice yesterday, but after several hours was able to get his Team going. As I wrote earlier Mitch too was stalled on the ice and got them going...then gave them a long rest in Koyuk before going to Elim. Then he TRIED to leave Elim after a 3.5 hour rest, just to have his dogs say NO and he turned around and rested more in Elim. He did make it to White Mountain and will rest for 8 hours before going to Nome....but now that I see Hollywood is stalled even after a super long rest in Koyuk its a possibility Mitch could stall again. If his Team holds together he is bound for a 10th place finish. Hollywood on the other hand should really think about pulling the plug. OR perhaps it makes for good TV.....whatever the case may be Mushers are sure having a difficult time of it.
Here is a run down:
Nome is at mile 998
Jessie Royer is on the Beach running at mile 989 now
Aliy will be next....she is running at mile 944 coming down Topkok to the sea coast and infamous Blow Hole
Matt Hall is behind her at mile 933
Travis Beals is hot on his heels at mile 930!
Paige Drobney is a mere 4 miles behind Beals.....these last 3 are in the battle for 5th, 6th and 7th!
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