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The World's Longest Human Powered Winter Race

350 miles or 1100 miles

This is a No Frills, Limited Support Race put on by Racers for Racers.

Start: Sunday, February 24th, 2008 at 2:00PM
 Knik Lake

Leader board 2008

2008 RACE ROSTER

50 Racer Limit!

We have had some cancellations, we have 4 spots left

YELLOW = 350 MILES ORANGE = 1100 MILES

1 Peter Basinger Bike McGrath
2 James Stull Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
3 Pierre Ostor Bike Nome
4 Jose Diego Estebanez Foot Nome
5 Alan Tilling England flag Foot McGrath
6 Louise Kobin Bike McGrath
7 Bill Merchant Bike Nome
8 Kathi Hirzinger-Merchant Bike Nome
9 Andrea Cavagnet Italian flag Ski Nome
10 Christian Cullinane Bike McGrath
11 Dario Valsesia Italian flag Bike Nome
12 Riccardo Ghirardi Italian flag Foot McGrath
13 Philip Hofstetter Alaska Flag Bike Nome
14 Brij Potnis Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
15 Anton Hierschlaeger Austrian flag Ski Nome
16 Anne Ver Hoef Alaska Flag Foot McGrath
17 Jeff Oatley Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
18 Tim Stern am. flag Bike McGrath
19 Klaus Schweinberger Austrian flag Foot McGrath
20 Jay Petervary am. flag Bike Nome
21 Carl Hutchings England Flag Bike Nome
22 Aaron Benetti am. flag Bike McGrath
23 Jill Homer Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
24 Antonio Frezza Italian flag Bike McGrath
25 Kevin Coopman am. flag Foot McGrath
26 Tom Jarding am. flag Foot Nome
27 Rocky Reifenstuhl Alaska Flag Bike Nome
28 Eric Johnson am. flag Foot McGrath
29 Rok Kovac slovenian flag Bike Nome
30 James Leavesley England Flag Bike McGrath
31 Roberto Gazzoli Italian flag Foot McGrath
32 Alessandro Da Lio Italian flag Bike McGrath
33 Tim Hewitt am. flag Foot Nome
34 Loreen Hewitt am. flag Foot McGrath
35 Rick Brickley am. flag Foot McGrath
36 Rick Freeman am. flag Foot McGrath
37 Geoff Roes Alaska Flag Foot McGrath
38 Mike Darrah am. flag Ski Nome
39 Adam Bartlett Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
40 Joseph Johnstone England Flag Foot Nome
41 Jacques Boutet Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
42 Dave Hart Alaska Flag Bike McGrath
43 Pippo Ruffino Italian flag Foot McGrath
44 Mario Sterli Italian flag Foot McGrath
45 Paolo Gregorini Italian flag Foot McGrath
46 Eric Warkentin am. flag Bike

McGrath

47 Rajko Podgornik slovenian flag Ski Nome

3D Animated Flags--By 3DFlags.com

Links:

www.iditarod.it
Iditarod Trail Mileage & Route Description
www.athinwhiteline.com
GPS coordinates
Cabela's Iditarod - The Trail - Southern Distances
NOME info
Race Route Description
Race History
RacePhilosophy
Deutsche Trail Beschreibung
  
350 mile route

Read Racer's Blogs
Mike Curiak
Pete Basinger
Jill Homer
Geoff Roes

 

 

The $700.00 entry fee  for the 350 mile race will provide:

* Transportation from Golden Lion Best Western 1000 East 36th to race start at Knik Lake
* Lodging and food at Winter Lake Lodge on Finger Lake
   (on the southern edge of the Alaska Range)
* Lodging and food at Puntilla Lake (middle of the Alaska Range)
* A tent camp and food in Rohn
(on the northern edge of the Alaska Range)
* Lodging and Food at the Buffalo Camp in the Farewell Burn
* Lodging and food in Nikolai and McGrath
* A food drop of 10 pounds each in Finger Lake and Rohn  Please keep your drops small, we bring those to their location via small ski plane.
( All survival gear, sleeping bags, clothing ect. must be carried from the start)
* T-Shirt + Poster

For racers that have to cancel their participation we offer a rain check for the following year.


We will have two snowmachines ahead of the lead pack.

Nome Racers:

For racers going to Nome the $ 750.00 entry fee will include a food drop ( 10 pounds) in Iditarod ( southern Route /odd years) or in Cripple (northern Route/even years).
Besides that drop all racers going on to Nome will be responsible for their own drop bags, lodging, food and contacts beyond McGrath. We will provide Post Office addresses and phone numbers to local residents who are willing to support our racers.
In past years racers have been staying in village schools for a small fee and sending boxes to villages post offices  "General Delivery"+ racer's name +" hold for Alaska Ultra Sport Racer" for drops along the route.

Please contact us for more detailed information on the 1100 mile race to Nome.

Flights & Evacuations:
Flights from McGrath, Nome or  evacuations from the course are at racer's expense.
Flights back to Anchorage from McGrath with Pen Air and with Alaska Air from Nome have been around $200.00.
 

Required Checkpoints:

CP1: Yentna Station ( mile 57)

CP2: Skwentna Roadhouse ( mile 90)

CP3: Winter Lake Lodge on Fingerlake ( mile 130)

CP4: Rainy Pass Lodge on Puntilla Lake ( mile 165)

CP5: Rohn Cabin ( mile 210)

CP6: Bison Camp ( mile 255)

CP7: Nikolai ( mile 300)

CP8: McGrath ( mile 350)

Supply Drops:

(please use bags not boxes)

Drops are for expendables! ( food, batteries, fuel etc.)

Everything else is to be carried from the start by the racer.


• Finger Lake - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
• Rohn   - 10 lbs/4.5 kg
Cripple -10 lbs/4.5 kg

Drop bags will be due in Anchorage one week before race start to insure delivery to the checkpoints via ski plane.

 


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