Sass and Royer leave Nulato!

Looks like both Sass and Royer will be serving their mandatory 8 hour rest in Kaltag, as they have both left Nulato (mile 582).

Brent left first and pulled over to rest on the trail at mile 592....Jessie is closing in at mile 585.  Both of these Mushers will have to rest in Kaltag for 8 hours before continuing.  Kaltag is a strategic 8 hour rest spot due to the long 90 mile trek from the interior of Alaska to the Coast of Alaska.  There are no checkpoints along that area, so both Brent and Jessie will leave Kaltag with probably more rest than their competitors.

Diehl, Kaiser and Drobney have been in Nulato and might be serving their 8 hour rest if they dont get itchy and make a break to Kaltag like Sass and Royer did.

Also in Nulato is Burmeister and Waerner who can leave at any time since they already served their 8 hour rest.

Coming into Nulato any moment now is Mitch Seavey and Michelle Phillips....neither of them have served their 8 hour rest.

Further down the trail we have these 4 Mushers who have taken their 8 hours and can leave any checkpoint whenever they want...

Ulsom at mile 577
Ryan Redington at mile 576
Wade Marrs at mile 568
Lance Mackey at mile 563

Once we get the 8 hour rests done we can start comparing apples to apples to once and for all figure out who is in the lead.  I have a feeling things are going to remain close.