Sure, everyone knows Lance Mackey, Jeff King, Ramy Brooks, even Cim Smyth, Jim Lanier, and Sonny Lindner… but some of the more unknown names in this year’s All Alaska Sweepstakes come from the locals of Nome, and member’s of the sweepstakes’ own Nome Kennel Club. The Nome mushers range from a home-making mom, to two [...]
As of 5:45pm AKST - The first 10 mushers have arrived into the checkpoint of Timber; here are the standings for the checkpoint:
Jim Lanier - 16:05 - 13 Dogs
Lance Mackey - 16:11 - 13 Dogs
Ed Iten - 16:17
Ramy Brooks - 16:18 - 12 Dogs
Hugh Neff - 16:20 - 13 Dogs
Mitch Seavy - 16:29 - 10 [...]
(click here) to download the 23meg file, its a 40 minute recording of this morning’s AAS start in Nome. I was broadcasting across western Alaska for KICY AM/FM.
I’ll be back in a few minutes with more updates on progress so far, and reports from the trail.
We had a great time this morning down on front street watching all 16 teams leave Nome. I’ve got our 40 minute broadcast from KICY that I’m uploading as we speak, it should be available later this afternoon (Nome upload speeds are very slow).
I really loved the organic feel of the start, there were [...]
It’s early Wednesday morning and the town of Nome is buzzing about this morning’s All Alaska Sweepstakes race that will kick off at 10am on Front Street. Unlike the Iditarod, where spectators gather along the Bering Sea to watch mushers come in, during this 408 mile race, Nome is both the starting, and the finish [...]