Iditarod 2013 – Day 9
Gerry Willomitzer (21) has been withdrawn because it would take at least a day for the team to go back to Iditarod from Shageluk to take custody of the AWOL Montego, and then continue towards Nome. In addition to the time involved, two travel days, Gerry probably doesn’t have the supplies available for the additional trip.
Montego escaped on the trail after Iditarod. While Gerry was looking, he was told that Montego was in custody and would be taken to the next checkpoint. What Gerry didn’t know is that the person who found Montego was traveling South, and took the puppy back to Iditarod. Gerry continued to Shageluk expecting to find Montego there.
For everyone else, things are getting better as the temperature has finally remembered that Spring hasn’t sprung and things are still supposed to be frozen in Alaska. The original Iditarod run was because it was too cold to transport needed vaccine to Nome using anything but dog sleds.
At Elim
1 Mitch Seavey (36)
Beyond Koyuk
2 Jeff King (18)
3 Aliy Zirkle (27)
4 Ray Redington Jr (52)
5 Aaron Burmeister (24)
6 Joar Leifseth Ulson (32)R
7 Jake Berkowitz (44)
8 Dallas Seavey (19)
9 Sonny Lindner (67)
10 DeeDee Jonrowe (28)
11 Ken Anderson (6) [Read more →]
March 11, 2013 4 Comments
