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Deteriorating Trails
What
a difference a day makes. Record
breaking temperatures, rain and deteriorating trails have taking
their toll on our team. Since
I posted last, Karen has dropped 5 dogs, Grover, Skor, Kara, Dasher
& Surge. All were
dropped for muscle or shoulder injuries caused by the soft punchy
trail. The dream of a
12 day race has evaporated and Karen’s Iditarod has quickly turned
into a salvage mission. Every
checkpoint that Karen makes from now on will be a bonus, she will
take as much rest as she can while she watches the trails disappear
and the back of the pack pass her by.
I’m very confident in Karen’s dog driving abilities, and
I’m positive that she will do whatever is best for her dogs.
Gus
and Snickers are recovering nicely and the babies are doing fine.
I’m off to the prison today to pick up two more dogs, I think that
it’s Grover and Skor.
Well
that’s all for now, I guess we’ll have to wait and see what
today brings.
Later,
Mark
(Editor's
Note: Although it is disappointing that warm weather and poor trail
conditions have lead to the dropping of key dogs from previous
Iditarods. The remaining nine dogs, although a smaller team, are
still very good team:)
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