They are neck and neck on the trail to White Mountain! Pete and the Team were out of Elim this morning at 04:08am with 11 dogs. He left a minute behind Thomas Lesatz.
Presently they are about halfway or 21 miles to White Mountain and an 8 hour layover. Weather is absolutely perfect for mushing, actually maybe a bit warm, but no wind and nice and cool.
The Kaiser Klan is headed to Nome today and Several other Notable supporters (Rick and Kathy Hanson) are also in or going to be in Nome shortly, so upon the finish, there is sure to be a grand Finish Line cheering section. (Wish I were there, but we’ll bring what we can to the web as it happens!!)
To give you an idea of Nome arrival time:
Martin Buser left Elim yesterday morning at about the same time that Pete and the Team left this morning. He arrived in Nome at 06:33am this morning. If Pete makes similar progress, I would expect him into Nome between 5am and 9am tomorrow. (After yesterday’s Mackey surprise, I am going wide with prediction times!!!!)
Current Weather-
OTHER_HFM GOLOVIN, AK, Nome, Alaska (PWS)
Updated: 17 min 15 sec ago
Clear -0 °F
Windchill: -19 °F
Humidity: 50%
Dew Point: -15 °F
Wind: 14 mph from the WNW
Wind Gust: 0.0 mph
Pressure: 30.34 in (Rising)
Visibility: 10.0 miles
Go Pete Go!!!