Iditarod 2016 – Day 13
This is looking like the final day of the race with all of the active teams between Nome and Koyuk.
Sarah Stokey looks like her team is striking, as is Rob Cooke’s. They must have wind at White Mountain. As a survival reaction a lot of sled dogs will lay down with their tails to the wind if it’s cold. If you don’t have a good weather leader, you are stuck.
Standings at 9:00PM CDT:
Finished at Nome
41 Justin Savidis (46)
42 Cody Strathe (59)Q
43 Paige Drobny (75)
44 DeeDee Jonrowe (45)
45 Nathan Schroeder (4)
46 Jodi Bailey (14)
47 Monica Zappa (8)
48 Michael Williams, Jr. (40)
49 Melissa Owens Stewart (82)
50 James Volek (15)
51 Tim Pappas (64)R
52 Becca Moore (22)
53 Alan Eischens (54)
54 Robert Bundtzen (26)
55 Noah Pereira (21)R
56 Miriam Osredkar (65)R
57 Tom Jamgochian (78)R
58 Kristin Knight Pace (47)R
59 Ryne Olson (44)
60 Trent Herbst (58)
61 Matthew Failor (63)
62 Elliot Anderson (69)R
63 Larry Daugherty (43)R
64 Patrick Beall (53)R
65 Lisbet Norris (7)
Beyond Safety
66 Sarah Stokey (71)R
Beyond White Mountain
67 Rob Cooke (56)
Beyond Elim
68 Kristin Bacon (42)R
69 Kim Franklin (34)R
70 Cindy Gallea (73)
At Elim
71 Mary Helwig (49)R Φ
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, while italics indicates Yukon Quest winners. The numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers. The small “R” indicates a total rookie, while the small “Q” indicates an Iditarod rookie who has completed a Yukon Quest.
These are the official standings. That means they are official, not that they are correct. Things jump around a lot as people decide to update the standings. This problem is especially bad in the back of the pack, as no one bothers to update those standings when the lead is changing.
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4 comments
Well, this one is almost over. Except for the bizarre situation with Jeff King and Aliy, all the dogs came through safely, I believe. That’s always a good Iditarod when that happens.
I can’t imagine how Jeff must feel. He always struck me as someone that was careful to be sure that his animals were safe and healthy. Having someone just arbitrarily kill one of his dogs must be awful for him. Jeff hasn’t always been one of my favorite people to follow, but I wouldn’t wish this on anyone.
There is a video out of Jeff singing to Nash as a puppy. He gets along better with dogs than people. To have it happen to two and three year olds is really hard because they are your future and the more that can make it all the way to the end of the race makes a big difference in their value and the value of their puppies. For Jeff it’s his business as well as his sport.
Brent Sass had to have been really missing Silver this race. Silver could convince other dogs to pull through any kind of weather. Brent really needs another weather leader, because the Bering Sea high restrengthened and was causing North winds at White Mountain.
I just looked up the video you mentioned. He put a lot of heart into these dogs. Just too sad for words.
Looked up Silver on Brent’s website, and it looks like his last race was 2012 maybe. What a handsome dog, too. Looks like he’s still alive and hanging out with the other “retirees” in the kennel. Some dogs are just hard to replace.
It appears that four are still left out on the trail, but they are all out of White Mountain at this point, so the Red Lantern should be coming in soon.
It’s 10 hours or so from White Mountain to Nome.
Silver saved a number of teams in trouble over the years. A dog has to do something special to get a Silver Legacy Award in the Quest.