On the trail from Nenana
Having been part of Team Kaiser for going on 6 years now, I’ve never had the opportunity to see Pete and the Team go through a checkpoint. One of the advantages to a Fairbanks restart is that Nenana, on the road system, and the first checkpoint in the race, was readily available.
After the restart in Fairbanks, with Pete and the Team safely on the trail, the pit crew of Ron, Bethany, Ari, Tillie and myself, rushed down to Nenana to await Team Kaiser’s arrival.
As luck would have it, after a quick lunch we almost missed him! I was leisurely walking down the trail looking at bib numbers in the 30’s thinking I had plenty of time when I spied Pete Kaiser already out of the checkpoint! I shot a few photos and literally ran up the trail to just see him load up with a bale of hay and head out on the trail!
Nenana was packed with Teams! There were Teams in the trees, on the road– Everywhere. Pete would have nothing to do with this and was off on down the trail headed for a sheltered location near where he has been training all winter. His home away from home and the loads of tourists in Nenana had to be a welcome break.
Here are the photos:
