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Takotna checkpoint #1
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Takotna checkpoint #1
by aren » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:50 am
Right, next one up is Takotna, only 18 miles from Mc grath. Interesting to see if any of the frontrunneres stop there or blow straight through towards Ophir.
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by Langbein » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:55 am
Backen took his 24h in Takotna in 2004, King had his in Ruby same year.
Dont think it will be the same this year or...!!!
Dont think it will be the same this year or...!!!
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by aren » Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:06 am
Good question. The trail is fairly good this year and the weather is not too bad so I would think that, at least some of the teams, may be tempted to go a bit further before they take their mandatory 24. Just a wild guess...... but, we will se what happends in a little while
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by Luna » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:06 am
Lance just made a giant leap and it looks like he is in!
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by MotorWerk » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:07 am
It would seem we have a "gang of four" pushing towards Takotna. None other has yet left McGrath. It will be exciting to see who (if any) decides to take the 24 there. If the trail to Ophir is as good as suggested they might decide to keep going.
Takotna CP has got pretty good services for the mushers, right?
Takotna CP has got pretty good services for the mushers, right?
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by MotorWerk » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:09 am
Luna wrote:Lance just made a giant leap and it looks like he is in!
Indeed he is. But his speed isn't very impressive...
Edit: The tracker seems to have gone bananas, showing Lance behind Jeff and Kjetil...
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by Heidi » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:14 am
My favorite part of the race is after all of them have taken their 24. 
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by MotorWerk » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:42 am
Kjetil is in Takotna, half an hour behind Lance. The fact that none of them has left yet is interesting.
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by Luna » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:55 am
MotorWerk wrote:Kjetil is in Takotna, half an hour behind Lance. The fact that none of them has left yet is interesting.
They need a rest. Been racing for 9 straight hours by now. I guess they will take a 24 h mandatory in Takotna.
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Re: Takotna checkpoint #1
by mira » Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:57 am
What about Jeff King? I was surprised that he wasn't in when they updated the statistics. The GPS data is a bit off at the moment, showing weird things
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