Bev Hoffman congratulates Peter on his Finish
A good sized crowd of fans and well wishers gathered just before lunch to welcome Peter Reuter and the B-Team to the Finish line in Bethel. Among the folks gathered were other finishers including Richie Diehl, Jake Berkowitz, and of course our own Peter Kaiser. Peter was pretty enthusiastic, but very tired. I spoke with the mushers gathered as we watched Team Kaiser load up the sled and Team and some of the comments were very telling about this race. Jake said this course is way worse than anything on the road system. He’s been on some pretty tough trails including the Iditarod and the Yukon Quest and in his words, “the Kusko is WAY tougher. Hard to compare them.” I asked Richie Diehl to compare the water in this race to last year’s Iditarod conditions near the Iditarod Checkpoint that was also very wet and he his words included, “Wetter ,Deeper, Longer.”
We waited for Rolland Trowbridge of Nome to cross as the Red Lantern and close this chapter in K300 race history and he said, “The Iditarod should be a qualifier for this race, not the other way around.”
Given those comments, a big congratulations to Peter Reuter. The Team looked good and you made it all the way around. Good Job!
I had Bev Hoffman do an interview for us and here is what he had to say-
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