DW Runners

Here's the current stats for Our Iditarod:

ilanarama - 46/200 miles = 23%
thalia - 0/35 miles = 0%
semielliptical - 10/45 miles = 22%
silveraspen - 3.5/50 miles = 7.0%
cadenzamuse - 1.25/15 miles = 8.5%
ell - 46/140 miles = 33%
temve - 51/120 miles = 43%
meri_oddities - 30/100 miles = 30% (this one's easy :-)
calico_jane - 0/35 miles = 0%
linaelyn - 17/50 miles = 34%

blnchflr - 31.2/55 km = 57%
ridicully - 30/75 km = 40%

242.8 miles total

So we've left Anchorage and passed the checkpoints at Campbell Airstrip, Willow, Yentna Station, Skwentna, Finger Lake, Rainy Pass, and Rohn (188 miles from Anchorage), and are 20 miles short of the Nikolai checkpoint which is 263 miles from Anchorage. We've just crossed Sullivan Creek, which is rather deep and usually not iced over - fortunately there's a bridge!

We've gone through the city streets of the largest city in Alaska, including along a 5-lane road, ick. But we've also gone through what are considered some of the toughest stretches of the route. Here's a video of the rugged section after the Finger Lake checkpoint from the 2008 documentary. Then, between Rainy Pass and Rohn there's a steep 200-food descent into the Dalzell Gorge, marked by a sign that says "Watch Your Ass". Here's a video of this gorge and the trail beyond toward Nikolai - I hope none of us wiped out as much as those dogsleds!

Here we are on the official map:



Can we make it to Ruby next week?