by mira » Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:39 am
16 mushers have left Iditarod, Nicolas has arrived in Shageluk, Mitch is 6 miles. Nicolas has gone faster than Mitch on this leg, it certainly looks like Nicolas has a higher speed in the team. I only wonder if it's a bit too early.
Nicolas rested 4:34 in Iditarod and used 12:15. Mitch used 13:05 and rested 4:29. Nicolas left 44 minutes in front of Mitch, and used 7 hours. Mitch has at the moment used 6:45, but he has still 4-5 miles to go, so I guess he will be 20-30 minutes slower on this leg than Nicolas.
I'm not sure, but I think Joar is going slower than the two other teams. But I won't be surprised if he take a short rest on trail and then heads for Grayling.
Grayling - Eagle Island is 62 miles, and is 60 miles from Eagle Island to Kaltag.
There is also this big party which departed Iditarod at midnight:
Richie Diehl left at 23:42, then Jessie Royer (23:45), Ray (00:04), Aaron (00:04), Wade (00:07), Linwood (00:09), Aliy (00:20**), Hugh (00:34)
(Aliy is missing on the stat, but replay of GPS tracker shows her leaving about 00:20, in front of Hugh).