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by fladogfan » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:56 am
Mitch has the afterburners running.
All my children have four feet and fur.
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 11:59 am
His team is not only fresher coming off his 24 but from what I could see he ws still carrying dogs most of the way. (or a dog since he is down to 13)
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:03 pm
So the next question is where will Wade and Dallas take their 8? I don't expect Mitch to take his before Kaltag. His rest times since Ruby has been 2:43, 2:24, and 2:10. I don't expect him to stay in Koyukuk more than 2h 30m, just long enough to get a good meal in his dogs.
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by coldfeet » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:05 pm
The next 8 hrs are the warmest part of the day. 11am-7pm.
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:10 pm
Good point. Sounds like a good time to take an 8 hour break.
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:17 pm
Wade's video is up. Apparently the markers were down at the top of the hill. He took a wrong turn between two homes but still found his way. He declared his 8. His dogs looked great coming in and all 14 were on the gangline. He has a couple of really nice leaders. One in particular was very animated.
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:24 pm
I went back and reviewed Mitch's video leaving Huslia and he only had 11 of his 13 dogs on the gangline. My guess is that is the way he continued to manage his team going down the trail to Koyukuk. In an earlier interview when asked about his rotating dogs and if he thought other mushers would adopt the strategy he said, "It's a lot of work and you have to be committed to doing the work." Mitch is nothing if not committed.
refresh, refresh, refresh... waiting for his video to be posted on insider so I can count his dogs coming in.
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:27 pm
It's up. Mitch had 11 dogs on the line and 2 in the sled. His dogs as usual looked great. He was noncommital when asked about his rest plans saying only, "nothing special".
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by mamamia » Sat Mar 11, 2017 12:49 pm
Dallas video is up. He has 11 dogs on the line and they look great. He declares his 8.
It is a cloudy and overcast day. I googled the temperature and it is 16 degrees. The high today is expected to be 24 degrees. It will drop to 7 tonight.
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by mira » Sat Mar 11, 2017 1:56 pm
Joar into Koyukuk as well, Petit has 20 more miles to cover, if we say he will use 2.5 hour to do that, he will arrive in Koyukuk three hours before Wade can leave. Nicolas is one of the mushers hardest to guesstimate what he will do.
Aliy is moving, Ray Redington is still resting done so in 3.5 hours. Resting during mid-season and go to Nulato when he is done? I haven't really paid attention to how he went his dogs though.
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