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2008 Race Results


March  - Iditarod  - 1039 miles - 16 Dog Team - Karen is Bib #19

Diary Entries...


March 6  - Update From Takotna -
from Karen
March 6  - Update From Takotna
March 5  - Update From McGrath
March 5  - Update From Nikolai
March 1 - Ceremonial Start

View Race Photos
(Thank You to everyone for sending us photos and allowing us to use them on our site!!)

  Banquet & Open House - by Heather Walls Open House - by Donna Quante Open House
  Open House & Ceremonial Start - by Kim N. Open House - by Mary Uhlir Ceremonial Start
  Banquet & Ceremonial Start - by Ramsteads Restart - by Ramsteads Restart in Willow
  Restart - by Janet Start & Restart - by Mary Uhlir Rainy Pass Checkpoint - by Mary Uhlir
  Open House, Start & Restart - by Dan Rehak    

View Race Videos
Karen Dropping Onto Long Lake - by Donna Quante     Karen Running Across Long Lake - by Donna Quante

 

Checkpoint Distance Between Checkpoints Date
Time In
Date
Time Out
Runtime Rest At Checkpoint Dogs In/Out Avg Speed
Willow to Yentna 42 miles (42 total) 3/02
18:51
3/02
18:53
4h 17m 2m 16/16 9.81
Yentna to Skwentna 34 miles (76 total) 3/02
22:32
3/03
4:30
3h 39m 5h 58m 16/16 9.32
Skwentna to Finger Lake 45 miles (121 total) 3/03
10:09
3/03
14:10
5h 39m 4h 1m 16/16 7.96
Finger Lake to Rainy Pass 30 miles (151 total) 3/03
18:29
3/04
00:49
4h 19m 6h 20m 16/16 6.95
Rainy Pass to Rohn 48 miles (199 total) 3/04
6:26
3/04
12:50
5h 37m 6h 24m 16/16 8.55
Rohn to Nikolai 75 miles (274 total) 3/05
3:30
3/05
10:10
14h 40 m 6h 40m 16/16 5.11
Nikolai to McGrath 54 miles (328 total) 3/05
17:11:00
3/05
17:19:00
7h 1 m 0h 8 m 16/16 7.70
McGrath to Takotna 18 miles (346 total) 3/05
20:11
3/06
22:54
2h 52m 26h 43m 16/16 6.28
Takotna to Ophir 25 miles (371 total) 3/07
1:55
3/07
2:14
3h 1m 0h 19m 16/14
(Runner/Jinx)
8.29
Ophir to Cripple 59 miles (430 total) 3/07
16:56
3/08
00:45
14h 42m 7h 49m 14/14 4.01
Cripple to Ruby 112 miles (542 total) 3/08
14:50
3/08
22:58
14h 5m 8h 8m 14/14 7.59
Ruby to Galena 52 miles (594 total) 3/09
7:49
3/09
14:16
7h 51m 6h 27m 14/14 6.62
Galena to Nulato 52 miles (646 total) 3/09
22:10
3/10
6:23
7h 54m 8h 22m 14/14 6.58
Nulato to Kaltag 42 miles (688 total) 3/10
11:50
3/10
17:31
5h 18m 5h 41m 14/14 7.92
Kaltag to Unalakleet 90 miles (779 total) 3/11
11:36
3/11
16:33
18h 5m 4h 57m 14/14 4.98
Unalakleet to Shaktoolik 42 miles (820 total) 3/11
23:28
3/12
6:13
6h 55m 6h 45m 14/13 6.07
Shaktoolik to Koyuk 48 miles (868 total) 3/12
14:46
3/12
20:50
8h 33m 6h 4m 13/13 5.61
Koyuk to Elim 48 miles (916 total) 3/13
4:55
3/13
7:23
8h 5m 2h 28m 13/12 5.94
Elim to White Mtn 46 miles (962 total) 3/13
16:16
3/14
00:29
8h 53m 8h 13m 12/12 5.18
White Mtn to Safety 55 miles (1017 total) 3/14
00:29
3/14
18:01
17h 29m 0h 3m 12/12 3.15
Safety to Nome 22 miles (1039 total) 3/14
21:52
12 Days 6 Hours 52 Minutes and 58 Seconds
:
Karen's Team

Ch. NorthWapiti's Dasher
"Dasher"

Finisher!

Tumnatki's Ms Muffet of NWapiti
"Spider"
Ran 820 miles to Shaktoolik

NorthWapiti's Sprite
"Sprite"

Finisher!
 

NorthWapiti's Jinx
"Jinx"
Ran 371 miles to Ophir

 

NorthWapiti's Mega Watt
"Watt"

Finisher!

NorthWapiti's Tesla
"Tess"
Finisher!
 

NorthWapiti's Barq, He's Got Bite
"Barq"

Finisher!
 

NorthWapiti's Charge
"Charge"
Finisher!
 

Chlout's Hector of NorthWapiti
"Hector"

Finisher!

Chlout's Moses of Velikaya
"Moses"

Finisher!

Kelim's Running For NorthWapiti
"Runner"
Ran 371 miles to Ophir

NorthWapiti's Seeley Lake
"Batdog"

Finisher!

NorthWapiti's Q
"Q"

Finisher!

NorthWapiti's Crunchie
"Crunchie"

Finisher!

Chlout's Herman of NorthWapiti
"Herman"
Ran 916 miles to Elim

 

NorthWapiti's Long May You Run
"Jr"

Finisher!
 

 


Race Photos
(Click for larger version)
 

Banquet & Open House Photos by Heather Walls

2008 Mushers
 
Bib Draw
 
Karen giving her Thank You speech.
 

List members Jim & Barb Watt with Lance Mackey

Karen's Iditarider, Kathy

Stuffie Karen is carrying for the rescue group.
 
 
Karen & Mark at their Open House
 
Kara wearing her Gold Collar
 
Q napping

Ramstead Sleds
     

 

Open House Photos by Donna Quante

Barq
 
Batdog
 
Bingo
 

Boom

Charge

Kara

Crunchie

Crunchie & Togo

Crunchie with a visitor

Dasher, Charge & Nahanni
 
Dasher

Hector

Herman

Hilda

Holly
 
Jr

Jr with visitors

Jinx
 
Karen with Kara

Moses

Moses with a guest
 
Nahanni

Q

Runner
 
Runner & Boom

Sprite - apparently she prefers the hole she dug over her dog house!

Spider

Tess
 
Jr & X

Togo
 
Togo with a guest

Watt

Guest

Dog Yard
 
X & Q

Kara loving the company!

 

Open House


Donna Quante & Kara
by Jeanne Stinchcomb
 
Mary & Donna with Mo & Kara
by Jeanne Stinchcomb

Marlene & Hector
by Jeanne Stinchcomb

Charge
by Barb Watt

 

Ceremonial Start


by Tony Trusty
 
by Kristie Trusty

by Mike Criss (AKphotograph.com)

by Carol

Spider & Dasher - by Carol

 by Brian Weeks (ADN)

Spider - by Tammy Leach

Karen with Crunchie
by Jeanne Stinchcomb
 

 

Willow Restart


- by Marlene Daniels

- by Ronald

- by Lanae Austin Kelly
     

 

Open House, Start & Restart - by Dan Rehak


Barq

Batdog

Bingo

Boom

Dasher

Hilda

Hector & Batdog

Hector

Holly

Dog Lot

Jinx

Jr

Moses

Nahanni

Q

X

Spider

Watt and Watt with Corrine

Runner

Boom, Runner & X

Girls howling
 

Ceremonial Start, 4th Street to Cordova
 

 

Airstrip
 

 

After The Ceremonial Start
 

Bandanas

Barq & Batdog

Jr

Mark's niece Corrine and his brother

Corrine snacking the dogs.

Dasher checking out the stuffie.

 

 


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