Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby fladogfan » Mon Mar 15, 2021 12:21 pm

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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby dashdel » Tue Mar 16, 2021 4:56 am

Not sure if that was Rick.. Saw Mitch but didn't see Rick...
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:17 am

Dan Kaduce just absolutely CRUSHED the run from Skwentna - 7 hours and 40 minutes, passing Lev Shvarts along the way. No one else has even broke 8 hours yet!
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:19 am

Lev Shvarts just finished and was awarded the Mat-Su "Best Musher" award from the mayor of Nome - a fun looking golden key. I don't know that I've heard of this award before - does it go to the top finisher from that region?
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 6:25 am

And Paige Drobny and Ryne Olson are currently neck and neck battling to the finish. Those two are good friends, so I bet they're having fun duking it out!
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:22 am

Ryne wins the race to the finish! Closely followed by Paige.
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 7:26 am

Paige Drobny and Ryne Olson run a lot of expedition trips together and are good friends. Paige recounted a funny story of how when their alarms went off this morning, Paige was like, "Maybe we should just sleep in a little more..." [acting like they were just on a normal expedition] and Ryne was adamant that they were going to race--that this was the Iditarod. :D

Both dog teams looked great coming in.
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby Fool » Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:49 am

Cody Strathe just finished!

Announcer: "Was it the plan for you and Paige to finish back to back like this?"

Cody: "No, she was supposed to win. But maybe next year."
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby flowerpower » Tue Mar 16, 2021 11:40 am

Unless I missed one, it looks like Chad Stoddard will be ROY. Sounds like maybe he is running Mackey dogs? Anyway, did NOT have him on my radar at all!! :o
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Re: Skwentna to Deshka AKA The End

Postby mira » Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:31 pm

Yes, he has been leading the roty race for a while. He has 51 miles to go to the finish.. Making good progress.
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