Just an update as of 3pm Alaska time 7pm EST:
THOSE INTO WHITE MOUNTAIN:
THOMAS WAERNER
MITCH SEAVEY
JESSIE ROYER
BRENT SASS
AARON BURMEISTER
LARRY DAUGHERTY scratched in UNALAKLEET in the best interest of his team.
They are now saying RICHIE DIEHL scratched in UNALAKLEET as his dogs had a cough and he knew from UNALAKLEET to KOYUK there wouldn't be any vets to recheck the dogs (usually there are but they closed the SHAKTOOLIK check and thats where they would be) and his last 200 miles were tough so he decided to scratch for the health of the dogs.
**mistake** the picture of the tent checkpoint was NULATO not KOYUK as I had said. Sorry.
Thought I said this but will repeat that MARTIN MASSICOTTE and LINWOOD FIEDLER scratched. The BERRINGTON TWINS, ANNA and KRISTY scratched in UNALAKLEET. ANNA was running with only 9 dogs and Kristy had more but Anna was worried that only 9 wouldn't be good enough and then news came that they had a death in the family so both of them scratched to go home. So sorryANNA and KRISTY.
A wave from JESSIE ROYER on the trail
The storm that was predicted has come into WHITE MOUNTAIN with snow and blizzard warnings.
The temperature is 29 degrees with winds of 15 mph gusting up to 21 mph. Warning is snowstorms
(2 colliding storms) sweeping east.
THOMAS WAERNER finished his mandatory 8 hour rest in WHITE MOUNTAIN and left in the storm. JESSIE ROYER is waiting for her 8 hours then will follow.
Usually the mushers go from WHITE MOUNTAIN passing SAFETY and on to NOME. All this could depend on the weather. Perhaps THOMAS will arrive in NOME late tonight???
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