Yukon Quest 2017 – Day 2
Hugh was first in to Braeburn, but he took a break there while Brent, Allen, and Brian blew through.
The CBC has a nice article on the on the traditional hand-embroidered dog blankets created for the ceremonial start of the race.
The Current Standings at 9:30PM CST ( 7:30PM PST):
Beyond Carmacks
1 Hugh Neff (9)
2 Katherine Keith (19)R
3 Brent Sass (14)
4 Allen Moore (8)
5 Ed Hopkins (18)
At Carmacks
6 Matt Hall (20)
7 Brian Wilmshurst (16)
8 Yuka Honda (2)
9 Torsten Kohnert (21)
10 Dave Dalton (13)
Beyond Braeburn
11 Paige Drobny (7)
12 Ryne Olson (15)
13 Gaetan Pierrard (10)
14 Sébastien Dos Santos Borges (5)R
15 Rob Cooke (4)
16 Ben Good (3)R
17 Hank DeBruin (17)
18 Jessie Royer (1)R
19 Jason Campeau (6)
20 Laura Neese (11)
21 Ed Stielstra (12)R
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.
The Mushers in bold are former winners of the Yukon Quest, the numbers in parentheses are their Bib numbers, and the small “R” indicates a rookie.
Note: This post will be updated during the day, and the map changed on all posts to reflect the current situation.
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4 comments
Nice to read about the history of the dog blankets. I didn’t know about them at all.
Never buy real Native American handicrafts if you don’t have a decent grasp of what the symbols mean. There are a lot of people running around wearing things that proclaim that they paid too much for inferior work or, that they are jerks.
The decorations on various things represent a form of written language. Some of it serves the same purpose as coats-of-arms did in Europe, to identify your family, clan, and tribe.
Some of it serves the same purpose as coats-of-arms did in Europe, to identify your family, clan, and tribe.
I can see where that might come in handy in prior times. If a musher came in that was not familiar, his dog blanket would identify him for the community.
Very interesting.
It isn’t a bad things for these days, as the Yukon is not exactly Manhattan, even in the 21st century. You can own a ‘smart’ phone but good luck on finding a cell tower. 🙂