The weather has caused deteriorating conditions. This morning at 9am Alaska Time 3 mushers left WHITE MOUNTAIN for NOME. MATT FALLOR, TOM KNOLMAYER and SEAN UNDERWOOD. They encountered very high winds and warm temperatures. This created a deep overflow of water on a section of the Iditarod Trail near SAFETY. As a result of those conditions, they activated their SOS beacons for help. They were rescued by helicopter to the hospital where they were evaluated and left there in good health and joined their dogs in NOME. Both dogs and mushers are now in good health. WHAT A DOG AND MUSHER DAY!!!
They are now reworking that section of the trail so the teams can safely proceed to NOME. There are 11 left in ELIM. I believe, only heard from the chat room, that MARIN BUSER is one of the eleven in ELIM and he and his teams are staying in ELIM tonight waiting for a new trail. They still have 171 miles to go to NOME. Few stories they will have.
Due to so many changes in checkpoints, weather etc volunteers and personnel had to stay in some area long over their time so The Iditarod Committee left very few in the checkpoints from ELIM with no cameras and a skeleton crew in NOME. Many were anxious to get home to their families due to all the stress in the world from the COVID 19.Many were from Washinton State were there are many serious cases of the virus. There is a camera in NOME so we will see footage of those 11 coming under the burled arch.
There are no cameras in ELIM so we won't be able to see THE ELEVEN until NOME.
One of JESSIE ROYER making tracks to the dog yard in NOME.
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