Category Archives: 2013 Kuskokwim 300

Pete through Aniak

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GPS shows Pete out of Aniak at just after 3pm. Jeff King and Rohn Buser appear to be in a shootout for first place. In the stretch between Kalskag and Aniak, King made up over 10 minutes on Rohn Buser.
As soon as we have in-times for Pete at Aniak, we will have a better idea of how its going for them. The Kalskag – Aniak – Kalskag loop will traditionally shake out the order of the race. Kaiser fans will remember last year and a wrong turn and a pop tart costing our favorite musher the race. This year Pete trained in Aniak with the help of the Diehl family who hosted him and the Team during the poor to bad conditions at home here in Bethel. I’d venture to guess that the turn onto the tundra is burned into his memory.
Presently GPS shows Pete and the Team in 5th place.
Go Team Kaiser!!

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2013 Team Kaiser Bogus Creek 150 Finish

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Kaiser K300 Update – Midday Saturday

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Aniak Weather 1:48pm – Saturday 1/19/2013

 

16 teams have completed their layover and are now on their way to Aniak.

Rohn Buser left at 10:32am followed by 11 mushers that within that hour. By 11:30 the top eleven teams were rested and back on the trail.

Pete and the Team left Kalskag at 11:21am with all 14 dogs. The teams are tightly matched with the elapsed time between Tuluksak and Kalskag of the top 11 teams within 30 minutes of the leader. At this point though Rohn is leading the race, anything can happen.

GPS shows that Pete is holding in 11th place at this hour. All of the top 10 teams are racing together in a 4 mile stretch.

I am discounting the two teams that did not take their layover in Kalskag. (Berington, Redington) They show in the two first places on the leader board, but have to take their layover and will end up in the pack later today.

The shootout appears to be between King and Rohn Buser and Tony Browning at this point.

Aniak Weather looks pretty good right now. Visibility is good and temperatures are definitely warmer than yesterday. So its going to be all dog and musher for awhile as weather and trail appear to be good.

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2013 Bogus Larson-Olive 2-3

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2013 Bogus 150 Winner Lewis Pavila

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Officially into Bethel at 10:17 with a time 20 minutes or so faster than last year’s Champion Jen Peeks. Lewis Pavila thanked veteran musher Max Olick whose kennel sponsors his race. Max’s kennel is made up of a great many Jeff King dogs. “I’ve been dealing with Jeff King before he was a big deal,” Max told me. Congratulations to Lewis Pavila– Nice Race.

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Pavilla on the Gweek – Jen Out of Akiak

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Lewis Pavilla is making excellent time. He shows over 9 mph on the tracker and is now under 10 miles from the finish. This puts his expected finish ahead of my prediction. Could see a finish around 10am. I’ll keep you posted.

Jen and her Team are progressing well in 4th place just out of Akiak. Looking like a noon finish for our Bogus Team.

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Saturday Morning Update- Game On

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IMG_0047 Serious… That’s the look Musher Lewis Pavilla had yesterday afternoon at the Bogus 150 Starting Line. He has won this race before and you could see it in his eyes- Game On. A year ago he came in second to our own Jen Peeks in this race and was cordial, but not happy to be second. Today it looks like the race could be his. He and his Team are holding a good lead and presently is out of Akiak bound for Kwethluk in the 2013 Bogus 150.

K300 Mushers look to be taking their mandatory Layover in Kalskag. Many including Pete and the Team are presently in that checkpoint. It had to be a brutal challenge last night as they faced the bitter wind on the trail to the North. The trail has several sections where teams face right into it. A six hour rest will recharge the teams for the rest of the race. Mushers can take their layover in three places– Kalskag going up, Aniak, or Kalskag going down. In early years it used to be a gamble and teams did take layovers in all three options, but in later years as teams have grown to do larger mileages without stopping, most get the layover out of the way. This puts them on the trail basically until Tuluksak before they need to take another layover.

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