Thread: Yippee! Iditarod Begins!

9am, Fri, 12 March.

King, Mackey, Neff, M.Seavey and Gatt are all into Ruby. Gatt had the fastest time by 30 min, but he's still 3.5hrs behind.

Ruby is on the Yukon River, population 187, and mile 467.

For being the first musher in, King wins this dinner (cooked over a camp stove) and $5,000.

2010 First Musher to the Yukon Award As Prepared by Millennium Hotel’s Executive Chef (on a camp stove)

Appetizer
Alaskan King Crab nestled in a bed of spinach with remoulade sauce

Soup – Bison Stew
Tenderloin of bison with fresh Alaskan vegetables and potatoes in a pork reduction

Fish Course – Grilled halibut
Alaskan halibut marinated in white wine and garlic and glazed with a citrus sauce

Intermezzo
Lemon sorbet served on a bed of candied lemons splashed with lemon cello

Main Dish – Tenderloin Tournedos
tenderloin of beef sauteed with a brandy peppercorn sauce, served on a bed of roasted garlic Portabello mushrooms, with turned Yukon potatoes and brown sugar carrots

Fruit and Cheese Plate – Fruit Flower with Cheese Wheel
Assorted fresh-fruit flower with imported cheeses as petals and a crostini stem

Dessert – Blackberry Jubilee
Fresh blackberries sauteed with brown sugar and flamed with blackberry brandy, served over vanilla bean ice cream

According to the GPS tracking map, Jamaican Marshall is in Ophir (mile 322) and DeeDee Jonrowe is about 10 miles north of Cripple (410 miles). I love the vid of her with about 10lbs of make-up on as a reporter is trying to interview her while she eats a reindeer hotdog with a totally F you attitude. 55555555555 Go DeeDee!

Current number of dogs: King, 15; Mackey, 13; Gatt, 12; DeeDee, 10; Marshall, 14.

Is there some sort of annual prize for the most boring thread on TD?


If there is I have a strong candidate to nominate...

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Lemon sorbet

Oh yeah, sure that's what they told them it was anyway.

^ You wouldn't last a mile on the trail; in fact, you'd probably get dumped from your sled at the ceremonial start and be dragged down the start path as everyone laughed their butts off.

Today's update: Jeff King is in the lead with 13 dogs left and is nearing Kaltag (about 599 miles) with Mackey hot on his heels about 5 m behind with 12 dogs.
Neff, M Seavey and Gatt are all close behind; a few are taking a rest stop at Nulato. The top mushers are running 12-14 dogs.

A good portion of the rest of the pack have left Galeno. DeeDee is resting in Galeno and went in with 8 dogs ; Marshall the Jamaican is taking his 8 in Cripple. He went in with 14 dogs.

Almost all have completed their mandatory 24 and 8 (at locations of their choosing), with another 8 for everybody at White Mountain.

Mackey took a 7 minute break around noon in Kaltag and is on the way to Unalakleet. He's at about 627 and the town is at 675. Travelling at about 6.5 mph. Brutal winds and possible storms. Here's a snap of Mitch Seavey on the Yukon River.




Some great pics from the race on this site. Cannae download, sorry.

Mackey skips resting, passes King at Kaltag: 2010 Iditarod 38 | adn.com

Mebbe the Euros would be more interested with a Brit video production. Face it, Slack, this is the best sport and race ever, and beats the pants off those nancy matches of little boys running back and forth kicking a poofta ball on a soccer pitch.

That Mackey guy looks like an extra from Deliverance, although I probably wouldn't tell him it to his face!

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Face it, Slack, this is the best sport and race ever, and beats the pants off those nancy matches of little boys running back and forth kicking a poofta ball on a soccer pitch.

Still better than those homo-erotic displays of ball twirling that Americans call football..

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

You'd probably look like that if you were a throat cancer survivor, too.

Throat cancer makes you grow a mullet?

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

Ya, stick to your soccer. Simple games for simple minds.

Actually I couldn't give a shit about soccer, I just like using the phrase 'homo-erotic ball twirling'. Lighten up Francis

Maybe I haven't paid attention, but what kind of dos are they racing ?

I take it that it isn't Malamute anymore, but some Husky mix.

BTW; Never seen a sledgedog with a coat before

^ Many use X breeds now as I know. Whatever runs fastest. I'll double check with a musher. Pls see the article I posted above about Iditarod canine fashion. The dogs they use now have shorter coats so that could also be a factor.

Mackey and King are nearing Norton Bay. King turned off his GPS tracking apparently -- he's trying to do a sneaky on Mackey, who's in the lead.

ray carey and his dog.



Mackey (12 dogs) remains in the lead, about 2 hrs ahead of King (13). All of of Koyuk so Mackey must be nearing Elim. Schnuelle (13) has overtaken Gatt (12). They are each getting 3-4 hrs kip a day. But, White Mtn ain't far, so there's a mandatory 8 in there.

Mackey left Safety at 11:41 AKT this morning. It's 12:32pm there now, so a couple of hours...

2010 Iditarod Sled Dog Race :: 2010 Iditarod RACE Units

So now you have to sign up ?

^ Yep, you had to start paying from Sunday or so.
Mackey won. I'm happy.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

^ Yep, you had to start paying from Sunday or so.
Mackey won. I'm happy.

Glad to hear he won.

Mushers are getting their new pups. I had to keep this thread alive, especially since the Habs lost in hockey. Fekin Quebecois. Can never count on 'em.

Oh, one more... 555555555555555

Thanks for the info. Next to curling dog sledding is my favorite sport. And Bingo's cool too.