Sven Haltmann Out of UNK

Pete followed Sven Haltmann into Unalakleet. He was about 45 minutes behind Sven. Mackey has not left yet, so the possibility exists that Pete may be able to pick up another position. Several mushers are down to just a few dogs and that will begin to take its toll. Neff has 9 dogs and Redington has 8. Mackey arrived into UNK with 9. Pete will be leaving with 12 dogs which has to be a good thing. Aliy Zirkle didn’t rest in UNK, so she has to stop at some point. She rested on the trail from Kaltag, but I think Pete has an advantage on her.

Think of starting the K300 with 9 dogs. They don’t have quite that far to go, but it is still a stretch of ground from Unalakleet to Nome and every dog counts as well as every hour of rest.

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