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flowerpower wrote:Failor is finally on the move!

flowerpower wrote:The trailing trio-Hardwick, Keller and Gallea-seem to be making very slow time from Eagle I to Koyuk. They've covered about 28 miles in 8 hours and are currently stopped.

flowerpower wrote:Failor is finally on the move!

Cindy Abbott
5 hrs
THE DOGS DID AWESOME! It is said that we, the mushers, are the weak link in the team and for me this was the case. I was one of 3 mushers who had their full team of dogs at the half-way check point, Iditarod. This photo is the dogs resting in Iditarod. Yes that is the Big Banana up front along with Flood, Fema, and Tug. The whole team did great on some very difficult trails during this race. Mother Nature rules, and she is not being kind to the teams this year.

After crossing a 20-mile stretch of tussocks (with NO snow) coming into the check point, the dogs were tired but I was disabled The hours of very rough trail has caused some trauma to the spine cage that I have in my back. I saw a doctor a few hours ago and I am waiting for the test results.

Please do not say that you are sorry! I am not. The dogs and I did an amazing job on a very challenging race course. And to have my whole team at this point in the race means a lot to me.