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Race Update 1 ~ In Rainy Pass

3/4/2013

 
Kristy and Anna are currently enjoying a stop at Rainy Pass at race mile 136.  They are reported in 39th and 40th places.  After about a 4 1/2 hour run from the previous checkpoint of Finger Lake, I would expect them to stop for at least 4 to 5 hours before pressing on to Rohn.  Kristy pulled into Rainy Pass with all 16 dogs, but it looks like Anna dropped a dog in Finger Lake.  I should find out more about the dog soon, but in the meantime rest assured that it is most likely a minor ailment that led her to leave a dog at this checkpoint.  

And it was probably a smart move on Anna's part to drop a questionable dog at Finger Lake before heading on to Rainy Pass.  This is a tough stretch of trail that takes teams up and down a ravine, through a series of wooded benches, and then finally down the dreaded Happy River Steps.  This series of steep switchbacks lined by trees is notorious for causing teams trouble.  A dog with a sore shoulder or wrist would not have faired well in this stretch, and, if it needed to be put in the sled basket, would make things a lot harder for the rest of the dogs.

The next section of trail will take the twins on to Rohn, but only after they have braved the notorious Dalzell Gorge, a 200-foot hill dropping down to the Tatina River.



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