Iditarod 2016 – Day 5
This morning Ellen Halverson is definitely not where she wants to be – at the tail end of the race. Ellen already has two Red Lanterns and definitely doesn’t want a third. OTOH, she is one of only about 750 people who have finished an Iditarod.
Kim Franklin has dropped well back in the rankings after her team got loose on the trail beyond Rohn. The Hertfordshire, UK musher had to walk to Nikolai. In her first attempt at the race her lead dogs chewed through their lines and escaped which led to her disqualification.
Jeff King is really putting off his 24-hour break.
Charley Bejna scratched at McGrath. He waited until after his 24-hour, but was down to no more than 11 puppies. The early warm weather can cause health problems for dogs as well as people.
Standings at 9:00PM CST:
At Ruby
1 Jeff King (61)
Beyond Cripple
2 Brent Sass (32)
3 Aliy Zirkle (13)
4 Ken Anderson (81)
At Cripple
5 Dallas Seavey (16)
6 Noah Burmeister (39)
7 Robert Sørlie (37)
8 John Baker (66)
9 Kelly Maixner (17)
10 Ralph Johannessen (77)
11 Nicolas Petit (12)
12 Mitch Seavey (19)
13 Hugh Neff (70)
14 Wade Marrs (33)
15 Peter Kaiser (11)
16 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (31)
17 Paul Gebhardt (55)
18 Scott Smith (62)
19 Michelle Phillips (30)
Beyond Ophir
20 Richie Diehl (38)
21 Ray Redington Jr (18)
22 Rick Casillo (20)
23 Jason Mackey (67)
24 Jessie Royer (3)
25 Travis Beals (28)
26 Nathan Schroeder (4)
27 Mats Pettersson (36)
28 Jason Campeau (24)
29 Geir Idar Hjelvik (79)R
30 Ketil Reitan (6)
31 Sigrid Ekran (27)
32 Linwood Fiedler (41)
33 Katherine Keith (85)
34 Ed Stielstra (50)
35 Ryan Redington (60)
36 Paige Drobny (75)
37 Allen Moore (5)
38 Justin Savidis (46)
39 Karin Hendrickson (76)
40 Jodi Bailey (14)
41 Dag Torulf Olsen (35)R
42 Cody Strathe (59)Q
43 Cim Smyth (10)
44 Lars Monsen (68)R
45 Martin Buser (48)
46 Anna Berington (23)
47 Kristy Berington (83)
48 Sarah Stokey (71)R
At Ophir
49 Monica Zappa (8)
50 Lisbet Norris (7)
51 Lance Mackey (72)
52 Elliot Anderson (69)R
53 Michael Williams, Jr. (40)
54 Matthew Failor (63)
55 Tore Albrigtsen (52)
Beyond Takotna
56 Robert Bundtzen (26)
57 DeeDee Jonrowe (45)
58 Becca Moore (22)
At Takotna
59 James Volek (15)
60 Tim Pappas (64)R
61 Ryne Olson (44)
62 Tom Jamgochian (78)R
63 Robert Redington (57)R
64 Scott Janssen (2)
65 Cindy Gallea (73)
66 Kim Franklin (34)R
67 Trent Herbst (58)
68 Melissa Owens Stewart (82)
Beyond McGrath
69 Kristin Bacon (42)R
70 Kristin Knight Pace (47)R
71 Jim Lanier (51)
At McGrath
72 Rob Cooke (56)
73 Noah Pereira (21)R
74 Alan Eischens (54)
75 Miriam Osredkar (65)R
76 Patrick Beall (53)R
77 Larry Daugherty (43)R
78 Mary Helwig (49)R
At Nikolai
79 Billy Snodgrass (80)
80 Ellen Halverson (29)
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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5 comments
Too bad that Zoya had to scratch again. I was really hoping that this would be a year that she could finish because I really root for her discarded dogs. It’s been several years since she was able to finish.
Wonder which person has held the most Red Lanterns? It’s a badge of courage to just get one because a finish, no matter what, is pretty good in this race. But to get more than that, it could be disheartening.
Tough day for Kim, but dogs being what they are, these things will happen. Dogs running loose are happy dogs. It’s hard to gather them back up.
Well, I’m sitting here on my deck with the first of the spring weather, and it’s just beautiful with the mountains in the background. I lose the view in the summer because I don’t have the heart to cut down the beautiful maple and a couple of huge poplars. I can see the tiny leaf buds, so the leaves will start showing up in a couple of weeks now. Phone says it’s 72 degrees. Nice!
Just checked and it looks like Ellen is the only person to have won two Red Lanterns. Dang. Too bad. I know she REALLY doesn’t want to be back there.
Then again, it’s a testament to sticking it out which is what the Red Lantern is all about.
More people have climbed Mount Everest than have completed the Iditarod, and if she finishes she will get the belt buckle along with the Red Lantern, which is the real prize, just ask Kim Franklin.
Fortunately it doesn’t look like Kim has gotten withdrawn this time. Big dogs do this – they gulp food and chew on leads. People have no idea how much work goes into getting guard dogs to tolerate a leash, and there are a lot of wonderful smells that need to be investigated out in the wild. As it happened in the Burn, I would assume she got bounced off the sled by hitting a stump or a tussock. The teams in back really take a beating in low snow years.
Redington also mushed his dog teams to remote sites along the Dew Line in the Arctic. The use of high powered helicopters for rescue and reclamation eventually put an end to the need for dog teams and Joe’s work with the army ended.
Galena was an Air Defense Command Air Force Station. When I was stationed in Alaska in the 1960s fighters would launch from Galena and Tin City AFS against Soviet Tu-95s that were being annoying in the Arctic Ocean or Bering Sea.
Yep, Joe Redington, Rick Mackey, and Dan Seavey started Iditarod dynasties. It was something to do in late winter. 🙂