The final three Iditarod teams into the McGrath checkpoint yesterday pulled in almost all at once. They'd been traveling together for dozens of miles. Here's why.
Iditarod musher Yuka Honda tries to reassure one of her sled dogs as musher Kailyn Davis helps apply ointment.
“The first half was like just blowing snow and the wind, you couldn’t really see anything,” said Davis. After about nine hours and traveling just 35 miles, they decided to stop to camp, until they were ready to make the final push to McGrath.
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