One musher had regrets in McGrath. Another was focused on food. And a third was relieved to have survived the 'spiciest' trail.
March 9, 2022
“I run, I run, I run — every day, every hour, every minute,” he said. “I use a ski pole too and I run, run, run, run to help my dogs and when I stop, you know, my dogs turn to see what’s happening.”Iditarod rookie Joe Taylor was also taking his required 24-hour break in McGrath. He said he’s scarred after travelling the dusty, bumpy and windblown trail into the prior checkpoint, at Nikolai. “I did not imagine I’d be this happy at this point,” he said while feeding his dogs.
Cripple is about 115 miles further down the trail, a remnant of the gold rush era. No one lives there. And it’s a lot quieter than McGrath. While second-guessing his decision on rest, Shvarts was pleased with his dogs’ speed. He said his male lead dogs were distracted by two female dogs on the team who are in heat.
“Sometimes food doesn’t sound good, but you got to eat it,” said Iditarod rookie Amanda Otto. “Otherwise, you’re not going to handle sleep deprivation.”“It’s a little warm, so they’re not eating as well as I would have liked. But I just fed out a bunch of bacon and they scarfed that,” she said. “So always down for the treats.”
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