Iditarod 2011 – Day 6
Time to ask “What’s for lunch?” because the first team into Anvik wins the First Musher to the Yukon Award – a seven-course meal and $5,000 for dessert. Everyone gets to enjoy running into the wind coming down the Yukon River valley until they reach Kaltag. Teams have to take an 8-hour rest somewhere along the Yukon.
Update: Hugh is eating well.
Beyond Grayling
1 Hugh Neff (35)
2 John Baker (53)
3 Lance Mackey (17)
4 Ray Redington, Jr (3)
5 Sonny Lindner (52)
6 Jessie Royer (58)
7 Sebastian Schnuelle (31)
8 Sven Haltmann (45)
9 Ramey Smyth (30)
10 Hans Gatt (23)
At Grayling
11 Robert Bundtzen (10)
12 Dallas Seavey (21)
Beyond Anvik
13 Martin Buser (11)
14 DeeDee Jonrowe (2)
15 Rick Swenson (49)
At Anvik
16 Michael Williams, Jr. (41)
17 Aliy Zirkle (18)
18 Robert Nelson (51)
19 Bruce Linton (13)
Beyond Shageluk
20 Michelle Phillips (39)
21 Peter Kaiser (54)
22 Ken Anderson (43)
At Shageluk
23 Karin Hendrickson (37)
24 Trent Herbst (4)
25 Matt Hayashida (61)
26 Judy Currier (29)
27 Allen Moore (5)
28 Nicolas Petit (14)R
29 Kelley Griffin (20)
30 Kristy Berington (7)
Beyond Iditarod
31 Mike Santos (27)R
32 Kelly Maixner (55)R
33 Cim Smyth (59)
34 Paul Johnson (46)
35 Lachlan Clarke (42)
36 Justin Savidis (63)
37 Newton Marshall (6)
38 Jodi Bailey (16)R
39 Ed Stielstra (56)
At Iditarod
40 Magnus Kaltenborn (22)R
41 Wattie McDonald (38)
42 Cain Carter (48)R
Beyond Ophir
43 Billy Snodgrass (24)
44 G.B. Jones (40)
45 Gerald Sousa (62)
46 Matt Giblin (60)
47 Angie Taggart (19)R
48 Kirk Barnum (47)
49 Heather Siirtola (50)
At Ophir
50 Ellen Halverson (26)
Beyond Takotna
51 Tom Thurston (25)
52 Kris Hoffman (8)R
53 Scott Janssen (32)R
Beyond McGrath
54 Brennan Norden (44)R
At McGrath
55 James Bardoner (57)R
- The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Iditarod, the numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers, and the small “R” indicates a rookie.
- 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
I noticed Mitch Seavey withdrew from the race yesterday. Apparently, he hurt his hand while cutting a bale of hay. Quite a few of the names that I recognize have dropped out. And no women in the top 10 so far. Maybe DeeDee will pull up a couple of positions 🙂
On some of the ones dropped out, it says “scratched” and some say “withdrawn”. What’s the difference between the two, I wonder? Seems like it amounts to the same thing.
Withdrawn means that the decision was made by race officials, while scratched indicates that the musher made the decision.
Mitch was withdrawn, I assume, because the local officials didn’t think he would scratch, but they didn’t believe that he could care for his dogs with his hand in such bad shape.
He has been flown to Anchorage for surgery, but there is no guarantee he will keep the most severely damaged finger. Nobody cares if you want to race in pain, like Rick Swenson with his broken collarbone, but you have to be capable of dog care.
Jessie Royer has leaped into 6, and both DeeDee and Aliy are in the top 20.
I’m amazed at Jodi Bailey’s race – back-to-back 1000-milers as rookie is pretty damn impressive.
Hey, thanks for the definition. I didn’t know that Seavey was in danger of potentially losing one of his fingers! What in the world would make him not consider getting out of this on his own, I can’t imagine. You’d think survival instinct would kick in.
Good news there on Jessie – I like to follow her – hope she stays up in the top. She’s been in this a long time, hasn’t she? Is Susan Butcher the only woman to have ever won? Hadn’t noticed that Jodi Bailey was a rookie. You’re right, that’s a pretty impressive job. I noticed she’s keeping up with Newton Marshall, and I suspect he’s had some of the best training there is for this.
Seavey, like a lot of Alaskans, suffers from testosterone poisoning, which is fine as long as the only one you kill is yourself, but this is a sled dog race, not a stupid human race, which is why there are vets at the checkpoints, but no EMTs. The right to be stupid is part of the Alaskan bill of rights. 😉
The first woman to win was Libby Riddles in 1985. She won the race in just over 18 days because of the blizzards. Susan dominated the race beginning in 1986.
Aliy Zirkle is the only woman to win the Quest.
Jessie has been doing this for a decade and is always in the top 20. She could have the “right team and right plan” any year and come in first.