Photos have just arrived from last night’s dramatic first place finish by Jeff King. (click here) to view.
A big thanks to Nate Hobbs who took these great shots in Nome and emailed them to me for all of you to enjoy. You can also listen to KICY’s compiled broadcast of the finish right here clicking [...]
It was early this morning Alaska time At 1:11am when Jeff King passed under the burled arch in Nome, to become the fourth musher ever to reach four career wins in the Iditarod. King won previous races in 1993, 1996 and 1998. Following right behind Jeff into Nome is Doug Swingley, one [...]
I wanted to hold off on this afternoon’s report because I wanted to wait until more mushers reached White Mountain.
Jeff King reached this small village first, at 6:34am AKST next came in Doug Swingley at 9:41am. Paul Gebhardt remained ahead of DeeDee Jonrowe on the trail from Elim to come in at 11:59, and [...]
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Jeff King keeps his lead although the rest of the top five has changed a bit. Doug Swingley continues to nip on the heels of King, the leader since the pack was on the Yukon River and started taking their 24-hour layovers. King took an earlier layover than Swingley who was previously ahead for most [...]
It appears as if Jeff King is either pulling ahead of the other racers, or Doug Swingley & DeeDee Jonrowe are pulling back, in an effort to muster energy and strength for a bliz run at the end of the race. They’re running out of time though, with teams starting to go through Shaktoolik [...]
With a winner approaching Nome in just a matter of days, I turn my thoughts back to the town that I called home for over 6 years of my life, and left just 6 months ago. For those of you who don’t know much about Nome, its population is about 3500 and it’s the [...]
Jeff King made it into Unalakleet as the first musher to reach the coast…but just by 22 minutes. Doug Swingley came in next, boasting that along the trail he had passed King sometime after “Old Woman’s Cabin†about thirty miles out from Unalakleet, but then he had to put an injured dog in his [...]
Doug Swingley wants his number one spot back, and coming into Kaltag just ten minutes after the current leader, Jeff King…he just might be able to accomplish that… The next spot on the race is Unalakleet, the fist village on the coast of the Bering Sea. With such a close race for the [...]
There are several reasons that Doug Swingley and Jeff King are so interesting for Iditarod fans to watch mush. First, both have been serious contenders in the race since the early 90s when they started racing. Secondly, both over the last few years have had a hard time contending in the race, especially against the [...]
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Gebhardt didn’t rest until Galena, King is the man to beat and Swingley isn’t happy about it.
So, yesterday I reported that Paul Gebhardt was probably going to take his 24-hour layover (which can be taken anywhere on the trail) in Cripple, where he was going to enjoy his “first musher to the Yukon†award well, [...]