Red Lantern Awarded
The final mushers have made it into Nome:
76 Martin Koenig (96)r [Montana]
77 Liz Parrish (75)r [Oregon]
78 Deborah Bicknell (21)r
That means that Deborah Bicknell wins the Red Lantern for being the last finisher and it’s 50 weeks until the Iditarod.
I feel really bad for Molly Yazwinski (62)r who scratched at White Mountain today. She left just before midnight on the 16th with Liz and Deborah, but apparently had to turn back. I would guess it was her team, because humans can fool themselves into believing and doing incredibly foolish things, but dogs tend to be more realistic. So close, but no belt buckle.
For a round-up of all the prizes awarded read the Finishers Banquet article at the official race website.
2 comments
11 years old and leader of the third-place iditarod team. quite a feat.
That is an amazing thing, finishing 8 out of 9 Iditarods.
The amazing event was that the 16 dogs that Sam Deltour finished with were part of a puppy team, two-year-olds being trained for the trail by Mitch Seavey.