I am AFTK almost totally. I have managed to maintain the Iditarod posts, but I don’t have the time to look at news sites or much of anything else because of a family emergency.

I’m hoping that we can develop a schedule with a little cooperation from the outside agencies involved, but they are also swamped.

I will get to responding when I can and I do read comments when I get to either of the computers I have been using, but it won’t be quickly except by coincidence.

In addition to all of that I have a switch of ISPs scheduled because it will cost me $60 less than my current provider who wasn’t interested in dealing.

I’ll keep annoying people until the Red Lantern is handed out. Mushers really messed up yesterday by forgetting to pack the ice skates for the dogs so they could get across the glare ice on Golovin Bay with 25 to 35 mph crosswinds blowing them all over. 😈

Nathan managed to overtake Abbie and win Rookie of the Year by 6 minutes.

Finished at Nome
10 Aaron Burmeister (23)
11 Michael Williams, Jr. (7)
12 Ken Anderson (65)
13 Peter Kaiser (43)
14 Richie Diehl (11)
15 Matt Failor (57)
16 Wade Marrs (67)
17 Nathan Schroeder (25)^R
18 Abbie West (69)^Q
19 John Baker (53)
20 Michelle Phillips (15)
21 Robert Sørlie (22)
22 Ralph Johannessen (54)^R

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.

This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.
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