Iditarod 2015 – Day 1
At 1PM CDT [10AM AKDT] The Red Lantern of this year’s Yukon Quest, Rob Cooke, left the start line in Fairbanks. It was 1°F with light snow when the Siberians headed towards Nenana on the Tanana River. The rest of the field is leaving in 2 minute intervals.
A bit of sad news. Stuart, a young black husky mix that was with the Lachlan Clarke team has died after being hit by a car in Anchorage Saturday night. Stuart slipped his lead while being fed after the parade and ran off. The driver who hit Stuart didn’t stop. Stuart wasn’t one of the 16 dogs on the starting team, and the team has decided to compete.
This post will be updated during the day.
At 3:34PM CDT the last team left Fairbanks. It was Zoya DeNure with her team of ‘rescues, rejects, and runts’.
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March 9, 2015 Comments Off on Iditarod 2015 – Day 1
