The two leaders are in Unalakleet and the others are beyond Kaltag
The Current standings:

1 Jeff King (11)
2 Lance Mackey (6)
3 Paul Gebhardt (69)
4 Ramey Smyth (48)
5 Zack Steer (26)
6 Sebastian Schnuelle (68)
7 Kjetil Backen (42)
8 Hans Gatt (38)
9 Gerry Willomitzer (7)
10 Jessie Royer (3)
11 Martin Buser (13)
12 Rick Swenson (61)
13 Jim Lanier (4)
14 DeeDee Jonrowe (39)
15 Ed Iten (32)
16 Ken Anderson (9)
17 Aaron Burmeister (14)
18 Silvia Willis (40)
19 John Baker (67)
20 Mitch Seavey (33)

In 28^th place, William Kleedehn (66), the leading rookie, is in Kaltag.

In 67^th place, Rachael Scdoris (55) is resting in Ruby.

At the back in 87^th place, Rodney Whaley (78) at Cripple.

[Cross-posted from Why Now annex]

Jeff King picked up the trophy and $2,500 in gold for being first to the coast, but don’t count Lance Mackey out. There was fresh snow on the long trail between Kaltag and Unalakleet and Mackey is down to 14 dogs. It is likely that Mackey preferred to rest his dogs by letting King’s 16 dogs break the trail, because he pulled over just a little passed Kaltag to camp knowing that King was withing two hours of him. There are times to lead, and times to follow in a long distance race, and new, heavy snow is a time to follow this far out.

[Cross-posted from Why Now annex]

Jeff King has opened up a 10+ mile lead on Lance Mackey according to the GPS Tracker (subscription) , and may make it t0 the coast first.

[Cross-posted from Why Now annex]

It’s not just a musical question .

You, of course, remembered to “spring ahead” in the process to see how many small children going to school can be run over by sleepy motorists in the dark.

The invention of the clock was obviously the first step towards fascism.

The top 2 are beyond Nulato, 3-9 are in Nulato, and the rest are beyond Galena.
Current standings:

1 Lance Mackey (6)+1½hours
2 Jeff King (11)
3 Mitch Seavey (33)
4 Paul Gebhardt (69)
5 Rick Swenson (61)
6 Hans Gatt (38)
7 Kjetil Backen (42)
8 John Baker (67)
9 Jessie Royer (3)
10 Jim Lanier (4)
11 Ramey Smyth (48)
12 Ken Anderson (9)
13 Martin Buser (13)
14 DeeDee Jonrowe (39)
15 Ed Iten (32)
16 Sigrid Ekran (24)
17 Zack Steer (26)
18 Ray Redington Jr. (49)
19 Sebastian Schnuelle (68)
20 Warren Palfrey (44)

Update: at about 10PM AKST Lance Mackey went through the Kaltag checkpoint with Jeff King about 6 miles behind him on the GPS site.

At 27^th place, William Kleedehn (66) is in Galena and still the leading rookie. Rachael Scdoris (55) is beyond Cripple in 66^th place. At the back, in 87^th place, Deborah Bicknell (21) is on the trail beyond Ophir.

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