Friday, March 12, 2010

Checkpoint News March 11, 2010


Checkpoint News: Daily Updates and Bulletins from the Trail -- An Official Email of the Iditarod
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March 11, 2010
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Hayashida Makes It To Takotna Under a Bluebird Sky

Willow Alaska Musher Mat Hayashida arrived in Takotna at 4 pm Alaska Time. He's currently in 43rd position, and he's headed up a trail that is fast and hard. Photo by Iditarod Insider Jordan Caskey.

2010 Checkpoint: The Front of the Pack is Headed for the Yukon

The last twenty four hours have all been about intuition… Kotzebue's John Baker's second guess about just where the trail was left him in a quandary just outside of Cripple.  Dallas Seavey capitalized on that decision and breezed into the Cripple Checkpoint winning the GCI/Dorothy Page Halfway Award! Meanwhile, Jeff King, fresh off his 24 hour rest in Takotna breezed into Cripple on a trail that was literally broken and groomed by his predecessors. Sleds are beginning to stack up in the tiny Cripple checkpoint.  Check out the activity on the Insider.  Updates on what's happening in Cripple are on the Insider right now.

We Are Counting Down The Days…

Until the first team climbs the Sea Ice in Nome and travels up Front Street to claim the honor of being the 2010 Iditarod Champion. The Iditarod Insider team is covering the saga… the drama… every step of the way. Sometime between Tuesday evening March 16 and Wednesday morning March 17th the Championship team will arrive in Nome. Don't wait until the last minute… if you've been trying to watch The 2010 Iditarod from afar… get inside now. The only place you'll be able to see the LIVE FINISH of "The Last Great Race on Earth" outside of Alaska is on the Insider. "Do It"!!!   Click here now!

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