Aaron Burmeister can figure out how fast John Baker is going by the distance between Baker footprints in the snow. He might be the one musher that is smarter then the CVIB bloggers. Mitch Seavey arrived at the Ruby checkpoint first to collect the $3000 First to the Yukon cash donated by the Remushitating Mortician. Aliy ZIrkle left Ruby 5 hrs ahead of Mitch which puts her 3 hours behind him mathematically since he has his 8 hour Yukon layover ticked off the list, however he and Dallas now have to run their teams through the afternoon sun so there is a penalty to pay. The Dallas Seavey team coming into Ruby second is moving fast and unlike his father Mitch, Dallas has been giving them some rest breaks on the trail, so a well rested team with speed is a dangerous combo. However he was clearly second guessing his strategy when he passed Aliy resting her team 20 miles short of Ruby. We didn't see the same amount of confidence Dallas has shown at previous checkpoints. At his point it is a virtual 3 way Seavey-Zirkle tie for the lead with Baker, and Burmeister on the cusp. We'll see how it all plays out in Kaltag as the teams depart the Yukon river.
2 comments:
that's the coolest pictue I've seen. It looks like the musher is ... an alien? a being of light. And, the dogs with the crazy green eyes. This picture has so much interest - the color and light. Who is the musher? Where are they? Who took the picture?
Anyway thanks to all the CVIB bloggers for the awesome updates and keeping my iditarod fever in full force.
That is Dallas Seavey arriving at the Ruby checkpoint.
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