Idita-Marooned?

0Josh • 14th Mar 2005 • blog entries, Iditarod, nome., travel

As of 10:14 am, Monday March 14th

I’m heading out from Unalakleet this afternoon to Koyuk, where there is a good chance that I’ll get stranded for the evening. We’ll see.

Rober Sorlie came into Unksville last night at 8:45, we were out there for almost 3 hours waiting for him to get in. Martin Buser came in a few hours later. As soon as Buser came in, Sorlie started collecting his things and got ready to go. It was 10 after midnight when he left. Ramy Brooks apperantly camped outside of town for a few hours, he came in around 2:30 and took right off, Martin Buser left about 15 minutes later. All the top mushers cruised through here last night, most leaving early this morning before I had a chance to catch them. I did have an interesting conversation with Lance Mackey who won the Yukon Quest a few weeks ago, and Hugh Neff who came in 3rd. They both are in the top twenty and have a whole different outlook on the race. I wrote up a nice story on it and will post the audio for you when I get back to Nome.

Sorlie and Brooks have checked into Shaktoolick and are on their way to Koyuk. We’ll see what I get there on the next leg of my iditarod adventure.

Secrest out.