March
18 Afternoon Mushing Report for the Iditarod
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mushers have made it into Nome and there are still 9 racers on the course with
the musher in last place still 171 cold miles away from Nome which is in a heat wave of 2 degrees
above zero. 55 year old Mary Helverson, down to 9 dogs, was scratched from the
course by race officials under their Rule 36 lack of competivness and thereby
avoids the dubious distinction of becoming the only three time Red Lantern
winner. The most notable musher scratched by race officials has to be 81 year
old Norman Vaugh who was scratched in 1987 but continued on the course
unofficially to finish 6 days later after the Red Lantern winner and 20 days
after the winner Susan Butcher—as has been said before Alaskans are a tough
lot. Here are the standings for the nine mushers still on the course:
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63
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7
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3/18 08:55:00
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8
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3/18 09:16:00
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8
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0h 21m
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8h 10m
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White Mountain
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3/18 00:45:00
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6.73
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64
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Larry
Daugherty (r)
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43
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3/18 09:32:00
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15
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3/18 09:35:00
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15
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0h 3m
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6h 12m
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White Mountain
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3/18 03:20:00
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8.87
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65 •
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Patrick Beall (r)
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53
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3/18 09:48:00
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11
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3/18 09:51:00
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11
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0h 3m
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6h 4m
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White Mountain
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3/18 03:44:00
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9.07
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66
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Sarah Stokey (r)
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71
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3/17 14:49:00
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11
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3/17 22:50:00
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10
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8h 1m
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8h 41m
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Elim
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3/17 06:08:00
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5.30
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67
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56
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3/17 16:41:00
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11
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7h 9m
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Elim
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3/17 09:32:00
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6.43
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68
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Kim Franklin (r)
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34
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3/18 06:18:00
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10
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5h 58m
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Koyuk
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3/18 00:20:00
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8.04
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69
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Kristin Bacon (r)
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42
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3/18 06:28:00
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12
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6h 7m
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Koyuk
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3/18 00:21:00
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7.85
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70
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73
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3/18 09:17:00
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11
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6h 5m
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Koyuk
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3/18 03:12:00
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7.89
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71
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Mary Helwig (r)
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49
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3/17 23:57:00
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12
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3/18 08:37:00
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12
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8h 40m
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6h 10m
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Shaktoolik
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3/17 17:47:00
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8.11
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14
mushers have either withdrawn or been scratched. Here is a photo of two female
mushers in
racing
down Front Street in Nome at two in the morning today, rookie Kristin Pace who out mushed by nine seconds second time musher Ryne Olson for 57th place-not only are Alaskans tough, they are also
competitive.
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