Today should be the final day of the race, weather permitting.

Leaving White Mountain three rookies Sean Williams (2)^R, Bridgett Watkins (36)^R, and Gerhardt Thiart (39)^R got slammed by a weather change and had to be helped back to White Mountain where they scratched.

This morning Riley Dyche (15) is the only one moving. Jeff Deeter (34), KattiJo Deeter (19)^R, and Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (44)^R are camping together about 50 miles from Nome waiting for the winds to die down. The wind chill is -30°F and the puppies don’t like it. The final four teams are waiting it out at White Mountain.

Update: Iditarod mushers Sebastien Dos Santos Borges (bib #44, rookie), KattiJo Deeter (bib #19, rookie) and Jeff Deeter (bib #34, veteran) have scratched from the Iditarod between the checkpoints of White Mountain and Safety.

Update: It is possible that the Red Lantern will make it to Nome before midnight AKDT, but I need to go to bed. [I was right in my estimate with 20 minutes to spare.]

Standings at 2:39AM CDT (11:39PM AKDT):

Finished at Nome
1 Brent Sass (27)
2 Dallas Seavey (20)
3 Jessie Holmes (7)
4 Dan Kaduce (28)
5 Peter Kaiser (37)
6 Richie Diehl (18)
7 Chad Stoddard (46)
8 Aaron Burmeister (23)
9 Ryan Redington (17)
10 Aaron Peck (21)
11 Joar Leifseth Ulsom (12)
12 Travis Beals (42)
13 Ramey Smyth (8)
14 Mille Porsild (33)
15 Mitch Seavey (30)
16 Matt Hall (31)
17 Michelle Phillips (4)
18 Lev Shvarts (16)
19 Hanna Lyrek (13)^R
20 Paige Drobny (5)
21 Martin Massicotte (6)^Q
22 Mats Pettersson (11)
23 Anna Berington (9)
24 Kristy Berington (24)
25 Joe Taylor (22)^R
26 Martin Buser (38)
27 Amanda Otto (32)^R
28 Jeff King (3)
29 Deke Naaktgeboren (25)
30 Matthew Failor (10)
31 Matt Paveglio (48)^R
32 Karin Hendrickson (40)
33 Riley Dyche (15)
34 Eric Kelly (14)^R
35 Kailyn Davis (41)^R
36 Yuka Honda (49)
37 Apayauq Reitan (47)Φ

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