Thursday, January 15, 2009

Mushers and Dogs Delayed in Anchorage



UPDATE Jan 16 03:40: The K300 start has been postponed. The reason is likely due to weather and poor trail conditions. By Crow Village, there is 6 inches of overflow over 20% of the river and the trail has not been marked yet. Start options will be decided at the 8 am mandatory mushers meeting. Dallas Seavey and Sebastian Schnuelle have withdrawn due to weather.

Delayed flights blamed on weather is making it difficult to get mushers and dogs to Bethel for the start of the Kuskokwim 300 this Friday. As reported on the radio by Will Peterson, the Husky Homestead teams for Jeff King and Dave Decaro have been transported to Bethel, however Jeff and Dave are still stuck in Anchorage. Also still stuck in Anchorage are the Seavey teams and mushers, Ken Anderson and dogs, and John Baker and dogs. We will update when we come across new information.

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