Iditarod 2014 – Day 14
All of the money has been awarded, so now it is about finishing to get the belt buckle. Elliot Anderson will take the Red Lantern if he can finish. He left Elim at Noon CDT, 6 hours behind Monica Zappa. He still has 15 puppies on his team.
Finished at Nome
31 Dan Kaduce (5)
32 Katherine Keith (63)R
33 Justin Savidis (34)
34 Jason Mackey (39)
35 Danny Seavey (62)
36 Karin Hendrickson (33)
37 Travis Beals (48)
38 Christian Turner (21)R
39 Anna Berington (52)
40 Mike Ellis (66)
41 Charley Bejna (26)R
42 Robert Bundtzen (64)
43 Newton Marshall (9)
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.
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2 comments
Well, there are still four left out there, three have left White Mountain, and Elliott Anderson has left Elim.
Scott Janssen gave an interview and there’s a short clip of it on the official Iditarod page (naturally they’re not going to give you the whole thing unless you pay them :/ ). When he hit Rohn, one of the checkers asked him how the trail was. Janssen asked the checker if he realized that he (Janssen) was 80 years old. No? Yep, when he left Rainy Pass, he was only 52. That’s how the trail was. Clip: I’m 80 years old
Anderson certainly has nothing to be ashamed of by finishing last in this Iditarod. And I understand he has all young first-time dogs, too.
Hope things are settling down for you. About all we can do is send you good thoughts. I appreciate your commiserating with me when I had enjoyed about all I could stand, too.
Elliot is running Martin Buser’s puppy team and got 15 of 16 to Elim, which is a good run for a puppy team. They have seen the worst bits of the trail at their worst, so their next go will be a breeze. He certainly wouldn’t have tried for a great deal of effort on the part of young dogs, because they will overdo it if you don’t watch them carefully.
Scott really got messed up on the Burn and was fortunate that Newton came by to help him out. I expect that more people will wear helmets next year.