It’s going to happen before 3 am folks!
The Team is flat out cruising! GPS shows 9.1mph. It also shows one of the fastest times from White Mountain to Safety.
What a performance!
Mar 182010
The Lights of Nome are in Sight
Finish Line, Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 182010
The last Nine miles of this Great Race. I am going to have Iditarod withdrawls for a week!!!
Pete and the Team are 2 miles in front of Musher Thomas Lesatz. Both mushers will finish “In the Money.”
The Bethel Crowd is building at the Finish Line to Welcome the Team to Nome and we’ll be right here for all of the action.
12 Miles to Go
Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 182010
12 Miles to Go GO GO
#67 Kaiser
| Race Mile: | 896.0 |
|---|---|
| Latitude: | N 64°27.661′ |
| Longitude: | W 165°0.46′ |
| Speed: | 8.3MPH / 13.3KPH |
| Heading | 262° W (true) |
| Temperature | 8°F / -13.4°C |
Midnite Position Report- Safety
Trail Tails, Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 182010
GPS Reports Pete and the Team through Safety. 18 Miles to go. It surely could be a finish before 3:am, but most Mushers have been taking 3 hours. In any case, we are down to the last 18 miles of an epic adventure spanning Alaska and the imaginations of us all.
Pete Kaiser is now leading the group of remaining Mushers left on the trail.
More in an hour…
Pete Finish Prediction
Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 172010
[UPDATE]
Okay, here’s my calculations:
Pete left White Mountain at 5:36pm.
He has covered 32 miles in 4.5 hours.
He is 36 miles from Nome.
That puts an even earlier than earlier calculated.
Mike Williams Jr. Left White Mountain at a bit after Noon today and crossed the finish line at just before 10pm.
I figure Pete and the Team will cross the finish line between 3:30 and 5am tomorrow Morning.
SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST- INCLUDING...NOME...WHITE MOUNTAIN...GOLOVIN 855 PM AKDT WED MAR 17 2010 .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. EAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH.
Unfortunately the GPS seems to be having trouble again, so I don’t have a current postion. Hoping to have the Williams Finish photos shortly from the Kaiser Krew in Nome. Take a nap as it’s going to be a long one!!
Mar 172010
According to the GPS and the mileage legend, Pete is leading Thomas Lesatz by just over a mile.
White Mountain to Safety
Trail Tails, Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 172010
From Iditarod
his can be one of the most dangerous stretches on the race when the wind blows or a storm hits. It can make or break champions, not to mention back- of-the-packers. Mushers have nearly died within what would normally be a few hours’ easy running to Nome. In reasonable weather, this is a pleasant five- to eight-hour run; in the worst conditions, it can be impassable.The race uses the main snowmachine trail to Nome. It is well marked at the beginning of the race, but inevitably many markers are knocked over or blown down. Some parts have been permanently marked. Markers are absolutely critical for this leg because visibility can be near zero in storms and ground blizzards.
The trail leaves White Mountain on the Fish River for about three miles, and then leaves the river to cut overland to the southwest, crossing low, rolling tundra and several streams before reaching the Klokerblok River. It runs up the river and across some low ridges, and then crosses into the drainage of the Topkok River.
The trail then turns west and climbs over a series of barren ridges to a 400-foot saddle just northwest of Topkok Head, overlooking the coast. It then descends sharply to the beach, reaching the Nome Kennel Club shelter cabin at the foot of the hill, 30 miles from White Mountain.
For the next 12 miles the trail runs along or just behind the dune line and the “driftwood line” on the shore. This stretch is wide open and is subject to winds of more than 80 miles an hour from the north, as well as blinding whiteouts. The trail will join the Nome-to-Council road (not plowed in the winter) at the Bonanza Ferry bridge and then follow it for the last 12 miles to Safety.
On the way to Safety
Safety Roadhouse
Mar 172010
Pete and the Team are out of White Mountain! GO TEAM GO!!
Pete is Leading Lesatz and Sousa! It may prove to be an exciting evening- Stay Tuned for updates throughout the evening!
The whole crew is waiting in Nome. We’ll have a live webcam up shortly!
Mike Williams Jr. is moving strongly towards Safety, while Pete awaits his 8 hours. The weather is awesome! Could NOT have had a better day for mushing!
Official IN Time – White Mountain
Pete Kaiser- 09:36am DOGS- 11
Can leave at 5:36pm.
Lesatz- IN- 9:42am
Sousa- IN- 9:55am
Now Running in 28th Place. In the Money Baby!! It’s a race for the Top 30!
No Official Time, but GPS Tracker shows him there. 8 hours and the last stretch begins. What an adventure this has been!!
Go TEAM KAISER!
We are up to 97 members! 3 more to go!!
Mar 172010
Apparently at the Fundraiser, there was a contest to guess the winning Time. Following are the Guesses. Martin Buser arrived across the line this morning at 6:30am with a time of 9 Days 15 Hours 33 Minutes 58 Seconds.
If Pete Arrives tomorrow in similar time, It will be 10 Days 15 Hours etc…
Here are the guesses:
| Name | Days | Hours | Min | Seconds |
| Wednesday March 17 is Day 10 | ||||
| Jeff Harris | 10 | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| Ann Glasheen | 10 | 2 | 10 | 56 |
| John White | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| Darren Lieb | 10 | 6 | 33 | 33 |
| Mike Hoffman | 10 | 8 | 23 | 23 |
| Kevin Morgan | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Tracy Faulkner | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Tomas Israelsson | 10 | 14 | 15 | 20 |
| Lauren Berdow | 10 | 15 | 45 | 2 |
| Tomas Israelsson | 10 | 16 | 15 | 20 |
| John White | 10 | 18 | 30 | 44 |
| Thursday March 18 is Day 11 | ||||
| Sherry Smith | 11 | 6 | 46 | 5 |
| Sean Denning Barnes | 11 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Lauren Berdow | 11 | 8 | 35 | 1 |
| Fern Faulkner | 11 | 8 | 27 | 15 |
| Richard Taylor | 11 | 10 | 23 | 10 |
| Amanda Barker | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Chris Bach | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| illegible name | 11 | 18 | 32 | 46 |
| Jasmine Polk | 11 | 23 | 5 | 43 |
| Friday March 19 is Day 12 | ||||
| Sherry Smith | 12 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| Lisa Whalen | 12 | 3 | 24 | 59 |
| Darrell Garrison | 12 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Shane Iverson | 12 | 7 | 20 | |
| Dena Drake | 12 | 7 | 32 | 15 |
| Chris Pike | 12 | 8 | 25 | |
| Anita Geerdts | 12 | 9 | 10 | 20 |
| Roxanne Sattler | 12 | 9 | 23 | 31 |
| Jasmine Polk | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Jasmine Polk | 12 | 13 | 20 | 25 |
| Jim Potter | 12 | 15 | 45 | 20 |
| Andrew Simmons | 12 | 16 | 22 | 31 |
| Francesca | 12 | 18 | 3 | 53 |
| Saturday March 20 is Day 13 | ||||
| Bach’s donna chris dude | 13 | 2 | 15 | 59 |
| Jasmine Polk | 13 | 2 | 31 | 43 |
| Jill Hoffman | 13 | 6 | 10 | 33 |
| Shane Iverson | 13 | 8 | 20 | |
| Angel Harris | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mitch Cullou | 13 | 10 | 12 | 43 |
Prize will be given upon Janet Kaiser’s return to Bethel from Nome. Thank you!
Mar 172010
A picture is worth a thousand words…
Kaiser Team UNLEASHED!!
Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 172010
Go Baby Go!!
Team Kaiser seems to have unleashed the fury!
If you have the tracker, it is all playing out right now.
Pete has passed Lesatz (62) and is coming up on Sousa(48). Who knows how accurate it is, but it all shows current updates and Lat/Long matches up. Pete and the Team are clearly the faster team in the stats. Time to go solo young Man!
Go GO GO!
Why 30th??
Unalakleet to Finish
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Mar 172010
Why the race for 30? Iditarod pays 30 places. If Pete can get ahead of Lesatz, he’ll get one of the $1049 checks that are paid to the Top 30 mushers. GO PETE GO!!!
In other news Mike Williams Jr. is doing an amazing job in his Rookie performance. He is on his 8 hour layover in White Mountain. He is 4 hours behind the first Rookie, Laduce. The 2010 Iditarod Rookie class is big and very qualified with 3 Rookies solid in the top 30 and hopefully Pete and his Team will fill out the 4th spot.
The Kaiser Krew is on hand to help the Williams clan welcome Mike Jr. into Nome.
From ADN.com
While Lance Mackey’s record fourth consecutive victory commanded most of the attention, several other Iditarod stories were playing out along the 1,000-mile trail to Nome.
ROCKIN’ ROOKIES
Before the race, many race fans considered this year’s rookie class one of the strongest. By Tuesday night, Dan Kaduce of Chatanika was headed for rookie-of-the-year honors, holding 23rd place on Tuesday. Kaduce, the husband of middle-distance racer Jodi Bailey, has four top-10 finishes in the Yukon Quest. Two or three others could make the top-30 paying positions: Mike Williams Jr. of Akiak was running 25th; Michelle Phillips of Tagish in the Yukon, who has five top-eight Quest finishes on her resume, was 29th; 22-year-old Peter Kaiser of Bethel, sixth in last year’s Kuskokwim 300, was running 30st and William “Middy” Johnson, the Unalakleet mayor, was 33rd. Not since 2004, when Hugh Neff of Tok led the rookie class, have more than three first-timers found their way into the top-30.
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