According to the GPS tracker, Lesatz is just a bit ahead of Pete and the Team.
He is about 1/2 way to the next checkpoint. Teams have been making this trip in 5 to 6 hours, so I expect he’ll be into the checkpoint by 1am or so. He’ll probably want to rest the team again. Teams have been resting about 4-5 hours here. The section from Shaktoolik to Koyuk is like no other in probably any race ANYWHERE! They will head out over the ice with no real ground reference except trail markers. Mushers say that it is hard to judge your speed and it seems like it goes on and on and on. It appears from the GPS tracker that teams head for the northern coast and then actually track east back to Koyuk. If Pete follows my forecast, I expect by tomorrow morning he will be headed out from Shaktoolik onto the Ice of Norton Bay.
What an adventure this has been for all of us!! Blogging my way from Anchorage to Nome has been an adventure of it’s own and a great deal of fun. When I used to do the K300 website, I always said that I felt like I had done a race of my own, as you are there for every checkpoint and all of the stories. (Way warmer though!!) Thanks everyone for participating. We are almost there!! Tell your friends and cheer on this young man as he gets closer to the finish line!
