Idita-trade

0Josh • 9th Mar 2005 • blog entries, Iditarod, nome.

Its day two of watching the race from the internet, and again things are all different from what they were yesterday.

As of 11:20 AKST

Not to long after my update yesterday morning, Robert Sorlie jumped into the first place spot and has managed to remain there ever since. Four time winner Martin Buser is right behind him in second place right now taking a break in Ophir. Martin didn’t do to well last year, scoring in the 11th spot after getting 4th in 2003. Martin was a name to watch, but I wasn’t really expecting him to do exceptionally well, espically after he lost a finger about one week ago, just a few days before the race! That’s right, the man is running on nine digits.

Ramy Brooks is in third right now having left Takotna this morning around 8:00. Jeff King in 4th, Zach Steer in 5th, Cancer survivor DeeDee Jonrowe in 6th and Ed Iten from Kotzabue in 7th they all left Takotna later this morning.

This morning we had the Teacher on the Trail call in a report live from Nikolai, a checkpoint that over half of the mushers have still yet to reach. I handed off my satellite phone to her at the race restart on Sunday. Its nice to see some of my pre-race plans and aspirations work out.

Something else that is working out is our partnership with the Outdoor Life Network. I’ve been talking to the production company in New York, and they’ve been able to take the KICY reports that I emailed them and insert the audio into the documentaries that will be airing OLN in early April. So, anyone out there with cable make sure you are tuning in starting on April 2nd. In exchange for us providing audio, former musher and journalist Joe Runyan will be sending audio from the helicopter above the trail. And BOOM, we’ve got extended Iditarod coverage without having to send a staff person out.

1. To hear my story and interview with Lynn Gordon the Teacher on the Trail (click here)
2. To hear Lynn’s update from Nikolai this morning (click here)