Race Day 10 – Iditarod
Lance Mackey (47) left Koyuk just before midnight CDT, 3 hours after Sebastian Schnuelle (34) arrived, and is hitting the trail with 9 hours of rest. Lance described the trip to Koyuk in the wind as one of the toughest runs he has ever made.
Laura Daugereau (45) scratched at Grayling. No definitive word as to why, but I would think that the 50° temperature drop and the wind chill played a part for the Port Gamble, Washington musher.
Hugh Neff (55) has dropped several places getting treatment for severe frostbite on his face. The run up the coast is directly into the wind with a resulting windchill below -50°. These conditions really require heated goggles.
Don’t miss the earlier “Terrible News” post on the situation of the last three teams in the race [Lou Packer (43)R, Blake Matray (9)R, and Kim Darst (52)R] on the trail from Iditarod. They didn’t say why they didn’t spot a problem using the GPS units they require every sled to have in the race.
Current Standings:
1 Lance Mackey (47)
2 Sebastian Schnuelle (34)
3 Aaron Burmeister (56)
4 Mitch Seavey (21)
5 Jeff King (41)
6 John Baker (44)
7 Hans Gatt (25)
8 Hugh Neff (55)
9 Sonny Lindner (42)
10 Dallas Seavey (62)
11 Cim Smyth (37)
12 Paul Gebhardt (15)
13 DeeDee Jonrowe (31)
14 Aliy Zirkle (24)
15 Jessie Royer (17)
16 Ken Anderson (54)
17 Ramey Smyth (16)
18 Martin Buser (33)
19 Rick Swenson (8)
20 Ed Iten (4)
21 Ray Redington Jr (10)
22 Warren Palfrey (7)
23 Gerry Willomitzer (14)
24 Sven Haltmann (53)
25 Linwood Fiedler (28)
26 Judy Currier (22)
27 Matt Hayashida (19)
28 Gerald Sousa (36)
29 Bruce Linton (40)
30 Aaron Peck (2)
31 Ed Stielstra (46)
32 Jake Berkowitz (12)
33 Robert Bundtzen (51)
34 Ryan Redington (13)
35 Bill Cotter (65)
36 Allen Moore (6)
37 Jim Lanier (35)
38 Harry T Alexie (67)R
39 Chad Lindner (26)R
40 Melissa Owens (30)
41 Cindy Gallea (49)
42 David Sawatzky (66)
43 Robert Nelson (23)
44 Karin Hendrickson (29)R
45 Rick Larson (5)
46 Mike Williams (39)
47 Wade Marrs (48)R
48 Eric Rogers (60)
49 Tim Osmar (57)
50 Rachael Scdoris (58)
51 Tom Thurston (27)R
52 Jeff Holt (68)
53 Michael Suprenant (11)R
54 Jen Seavey (61)R
55 Trent Herbst (20)
56 Heather Siirtola (63)
57 Timothy Hunt (64)R
58 Alan Peck (32)R
59 Lou Packer (43)R
60 Blake Matray (9)R
61 Kim Darst (52)R
