Wow....what a day!
It started with hearing the news Petit scratched.....apparently there were several bad things happening for Nick...from leaving a Parka home, dogs getting frost bite over Rain Pass, and then some dogs getting sick. A few articles were written about his coming scratch in Nikolai, but the stats never showed it. Now they are back tracking and saying Nick will be regrouping and may....may continue down the trail Not competitively, but may continue after a 24 hour rest in Nikolai.
Jessie Royer and her Montana Alaskan Huskies continue to be on fire down the trail....she is presently resting in Takotna for her 24 hour rest. Diehl, Burmeister, Waerner, Reddington, Kaiser, Holmes, Failor, Peck, Smyth, Pappas Millie Porslid, Campeau and Fiedler are among the 24 layover mushers in a very busy and crowded Takotna checkpoint.
Looks like Ophir just has Beals and Aliy camped out for their 24 hour rest. Ophir is a more remote checkpoint a little further down the trail from Takotna...no pies but I'm sure Aliy is enjoying the peace and quiet!
Who is on the move to Cripple at mile 425 you ask? Well, here is the rundown as of 7:45 pm eastern time.
Sass at mile 387
MACKEY....yes MACKEY at mile 382
Paige Drobney at mile 379
Michelle Phillips resting at mile (bet she will start moving soon)
Maxiner resting at mile 364
Mitch Seavey resting at mile 363
The race to the halfway is ON.....wow!
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