ID: Saturday Evening - Nulato

Currently, the Red Team is resting in Nulato and it is apparent they are seeing out their mandatory eight hour stop. They have been there since 1.48pm and can leave any time after 9.48pm this evening. We’ll be watching the tracker even closer now.

Once all the mushers have their two green ticks next to their name in the current standings list, the playing field is level and it’s all on!

You may have read on Sebastian’s blog that she is dropping Nelson and Outlaw before she leaves. She told him they are fine, just tired. They will have been working very hard for 600-odd miles and will now go on their own adventure back to Anchorage by small plane to be cared for by our team on the ground there. They will be together on their adventure and will have good stories to tell when they get home.

Watch for a post in the next day or so from Mickey (Aliy’s Mom) about what happens with dropped dogs. As she says - they are treated like royalty!

In an earlier post about the Red Team going through Koyukuk Sebastian said “When Bruce Lee just came in to ask me for the ETA of the next 2 teams he asked: ” Did you see Aliy coming in, that was the most impressive thing I have seen all race”. Yes, her dog simply looked amazing.” We like to hear that!

The Black Team are in Huslia, they arrived at 1.44pm. His tracker hasn't updated for a while so not sure if they have started moving again yet. Watch this space.

Sorry for the radio silence today. Spencer and I made our way to Nome this afternoon and have just touched down. The rest of the crew arrives over the next couple days.