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UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby elsietee » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:06 pm

Dogs look good - trotting along. Wearing warm coats. Leaning into their harnesses. They stayed lined out and were ready to go again.

Bruce Lee says he went out on the ice on a snowmachine with Robert Sorlie, and Robert yelled to Joar in Norwegian "Welcome to Koyuk in first place!" and Joar yelled "No f**king way!?" :))

They have some close up video that I'll keep an eye out for when they post it.
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby elsietee » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:08 pm

Here's my screen snap. I wished I could capture the video of how well they were moving and pulling.
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby elsietee » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:09 pm

Nic is about 4-5 miles out still. It looks like they have to climb some small hills, since both he and Joar slowed way down. Nic is currently at 5 mph.
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby mira » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:18 pm

Eggs wrote:No - live cam is not available to public. Seems like it was last year... without the chat feed option? Can't recall.

https://www.ranablad.no/iditarod/sport/ ... -42-363465
Google translate has the headline reading: Now cook it: Ulsom is in the mood after the manager drove incorrectly :lol:


Just have to love googel translate from time to time :D
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby Eggs » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:19 pm

elsietee wrote:Bruce Lee says he went out on the ice on a snowmachine with Robert Sorlie, and Robert yelled to Joar in Norwegian "Welcome to Koyuk in first place!" and Joar yelled "No f**king way!?" :))
One for the books : )
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby Eggs » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:20 pm

mira wrote:Just have to love googel translate from time to time :D
Sometimes better than the real thing: )
Er - what IS the proper translation mira?
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby mira » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:33 pm

Ehrm.. "nå koker det" literally meaning "now it's boiling" or "it's getting hot".

"Ulsom ligger i teten etter at lederen kjørte feil" means "Ulsom are in the lead after the leader took a wrong turn".
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby Eggs » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:37 pm

Thanks mira. Google is twisted. : )
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby fladogfan » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:41 pm

Eggs wrote:
elsietee wrote:Bruce Lee says he went out on the ice on a snowmachine with Robert Sorlie, and Robert yelled to Joar in Norwegian "Welcome to Koyuk in first place!" and Joar yelled "No f**king way!?" :))
One for the books : )


Sounds like Joar answered in good American English :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: UNK TO SHAK to Koyuk

Postby mira » Mon Mar 12, 2018 1:48 pm

That was really funny... and very weird, I think it should have managed it better. I do remember several years back when someone tried to follow Femundsløpet and google translatet Bjørnar Andersen into "Bear duck tail" :lol:

Anyhow, be aware that until they (if they do) adjust the trail on the tracker into Koyuk, the GPS readings are wrong. Right now, it says that Nic is 7 miles from Koyuk, he is probably more like 2-3 miles. I guess it is because they do a snap-to-grid (or snap-to-trail), meaning that they take the position to the musher, try to snap it to the trail and then use that mileage. Since the trail is off, it is wrong.

...and still not much movement in Shaktoolik. I guess it's daylight for 7 more hours or so? So if it calm down, we will have lots of teams crossing during night. I remember some years ago when Lance Mackey where hold up in shaktoolik and when he eventually started to cross he got a long tail of other mushers trailing him. I think they were placed 20-30-ish. Perhaps this will give Aliy and Jessie a change to climb on the list?

Ramey just left Shaktoolik, and Wade and Ray some time ago.

33 Joar Leifseth Ulsom 827 RST
46 Nicolas Petit 820 RUN
13 Mitch Seavey 812 RUN
17 Ray Redington Jr 803 RUN
30 Peter Kaiser 802 RUN
60 Travis Beals 783 RUN
11 Wade Marrs 783 RUN
21 Ramey Smyth 779 RUN
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