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Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:04 pmby elsietee
Greg H just did a quick livecast around 6 pm AK. He and Liz [missed her last name] were waiting at the start for their 'plane to take them to Finger Lake to see the teams coming in there. Mr Bodie (forget his first name) is already installed in Rohn - not taking any chances on getting locked out due to weather.
After FL, Liz will then be hopping up to Rainey Pass and staying there for a while to cover the mid/back pack.
Greg mentioned that Yenta Station isn't a checkpoint this year. Despite that, there are a slew of mushers camped out there - Wade, Matt F, Larry D, Cindy Gallea, Susannah, and Jeremy Traska.
The front runners are loping along at 10.5-11 mph... while Nic is going 12.5 mph.
Is there anyone on here who didn't get the GPS trackers this year, so needs more details?
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:29 pmby Gatekeeper
Ryan is also clipping along at a pretty good pace, near 12 mph.
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Sun Mar 07, 2021 8:36 pmby libby the lab
When the first metro reaches Skwentna it'll be time for lights out here. I'll check in in the morning. I have to remember this is day one and I don't need to check my phone during the night for updates!!!
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:20 amby mira
Nicolas is in, I kind of watched him, but the video were all jitter.. the barking confirms that it was a team
Richie Diehl is next on trail, he is 18 miles from FL and he is five miles ahead of the pack
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 2:24 amby mira
They also did a short interview with a guy on snowmachine, said the trail was really hard trail, perfect for Nicolas fast team
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:29 amby tanglefoot
Ic was happy with his dogs and actually riding the brake most of the way there.
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:24 amby Jan
Elsietee -- I don't have tracker
so would appreciate any/all details you provide
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:41 amby mira
It's so early, most of them are quite close together.
Ryan Redingtong has left FL, FL is at mile 123, Ryan is now at 128 (doing ~10mph).
Sass and Dyche is resting on trail, a couple of miles before FL (mile 121). Sass has stayed there for an hour.
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:23 amby flowerpower
https://iditarod.com/eye-on-the-trail-people-joe-and-norma-of-skwentna/Nice article about Joe and Norma. I'm sure they are watching from somewhere, and having a great time. I sure miss them!
Re: Deshka Landing > Finger Lake
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Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:35 amby Moose
flowerpower wrote:Nice article about Joe and Norma. I'm sure they are watching from somewhere, and having a great time. I sure miss them!
Same here. I was FB friends with Norma. It seems they don't come any sweeter.