If you haven't received the update on Aliy, this will let you know she has declared her mandatory 24 hour rest in Takotna. Making up for her bib number she'll be there about close to 26 hours, having arrived there at (from memory so may not be accurate) 4:59 a.m.
Having been to Takotna, I know it's a neat place to 24... they have a separate place to sleep up on the hill... you can park your dogs out of the way and the dogs rest well. The villagers keep large pots of water hot on the edge of the river for all mushers to use. School is out for the day so the village children are helpers as well.
When you land in Takotna it's literally on top the mountain. We hitched a ride in the back of a pickup down to the checkpoint/village.. very scenic and friendly. They served wonderful mooseburgers in the little village building for the mushers, where we were also able to eat.
Very nice checkpoint.
Aliy dropped Sporty , a sprint dog who hadn't run distances before. He made it 400 miles, wonderful dog. I'll reunite with him today, hopefully, as I'm headed for the kennel now and will take a photo of him and of Sparky, her two returned dogs.
Paul Gebhardt ran into a tree and resulted in him having to chase down his team when the gangline broke. He hitched a ride for a bit with Doug Swingley.
Sue Morgan scratched and the press release indicated it was a result of a cracked rib. Am sorry to see her have to drop as she looked ready and fit at the restart as did her dogs.
Trent Herbst left Rainy Pass this a.m. at same time as Glenn Lockwood and I would imagine as rookies they're traveling that challenging trail together in the day light.
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