Apparently he returned to drop a dog (or "return" a dog, as is the new parlance).
He's off again towards Nome now.
Dallas travelling at 9.4 mph (nice going team!), about 6 miles from Safety.
Matt going 5.5 mph in the hills.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:30 pm
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:49 pm
Dallas has checked in and out of Safety and is on his final 21 mile run - still at 9.1 mph.
Matt is about two miles from the blowhole on the shore, in the hills at 4.6 mph.
Jessie is nearly to the hills, still on the river flat at 7.0 mph.
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Jessie R, Amanda, and Pete are just reaching the shore on Golovin Bay, 7-8 miles from WM. Amanda is biding her time and has not passed Jessie R, but with even pace this whole time, that's going to be a really fun race to watch early tomorrow morning when they head to Nome.
Matt is about two miles from the blowhole on the shore, in the hills at 4.6 mph.
Jessie is nearly to the hills, still on the river flat at 7.0 mph.
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Jessie R, Amanda, and Pete are just reaching the shore on Golovin Bay, 7-8 miles from WM. Amanda is biding her time and has not passed Jessie R, but with even pace this whole time, that's going to be a really fun race to watch early tomorrow morning when they head to Nome.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by Frozen Chosen » Tue Mar 12, 2024 9:21 pm
I'm enjoying watching Walter Robinson at Wt Mtn as he has his cooker fired up...the flames look beautiful...and just putzing around his dogs and sled...all by himself too! I bet he's pretty tired from the hundreds of miles mushing...I watched him travel across the ice from Shak to Koyuk for most of yesterday...But I bet he is enjoying every moment of it! It'd be nice if someone would go on down and give him a cup of hot coffee, some donuts and cookies...
Whaz zup...
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:25 pm
Happened to be checking the tracker just now and noticed that Joshua Robbins is no longer red lantern - Sean Williams has taken his place. Odd.
So I rewound the tracker. Sean stopped briefly just before he reached Golovin spit at 4:20 a.m. on Thursday... crossed over the spit and back on the ice by 500 ft a 4:36 a.m., stopped again for five minutes, and then turned around and returned to Golovin - where he's been since 4:50 a.m.
Ben Good passed at 8 a.m. (and did not stop).
At 10:48 a.m. after 6 hours, Sean started moving again, got out onto the ice again to about the same point, stopped at 11:01... appeared to maybe be walking with his team as they inched along for the next 20 minutes, when he stopped again, and returned (much more speedily) to his camp spot in Golovin at 11:54 a.m.
In the meantime, back in Elim, Severin Cathy left there are 10:16 a.m. went a couple of miles along the sea ice, before stalling at 10:54, and returning to Elim.
Behind him, Lauro Eklund left Elim at 10:33, got a little bit further down the trail (after passing the returning Cathry), but also turned around at 11:09 am. and went back to Elim.
Behind him, Jeff Reid left Elim at 10:52, passed by the troublesome area around 11:20 and kept going.
Cathry then left Elim again (right as Eklund showed up) at 11:40, with Lauro following him, and they set out along the sea ice again, this time in tandem and managed to pass through.
Assume some sort of ground blizzard?
Back in Golovin at 12:15 pm, Sean started moving (walking with his team? - the tracker was moving slowly, but not blinking green - staying orange for rest) across the spit to the north. At 2:15, the tracker suddenly turns green and he shoots to the SW and goes around in a circle until 2:50 pm when Jeff Reid passes and Sean follows him out. This time he gets out about a mile before the team stalls at 3 pm... Jeff keeps going. Sean manages to get them another half a mile or so, before they quit on him again. Eklund and Cathry pass him out on the ice at 4 pm (12 hours after he first stalled), but the team did not follow.
At 4:30, they whizzed back to their camp spot at Govolin, settling in at 5 pm.
At 7 pm, it looks like he tried to get them moving again, with no luck.
Josh passed him at 9 pm (and is just now pulling into WM at 12:21 am on Friday.
Sean W is still sitting in Golovin
Sean Underwood - operating the camera at WM said that they are sending out some snow machines to check on Sean Williams, but I fear it doesn't look good for him there. In theory, he can buy dog food from the people in Golovin, but he's got to persuade his team to move - and they don't seem interested.
Sean Underwood said it's only a little windy on Golovin Bay, but not bad, but they're supposed to pick up again tomorrow afternoon. It's dead calm in WM right now.
He's saying that the dogs get confused coming into the WM - they want to head up towards the buildings, since that's what they do in the other villages, but obv the "rest area" in WM is down on the river. You can hear Joshua down on the river saying "no, not that way" as his dogs are veering in the wrong direction.
So I rewound the tracker. Sean stopped briefly just before he reached Golovin spit at 4:20 a.m. on Thursday... crossed over the spit and back on the ice by 500 ft a 4:36 a.m., stopped again for five minutes, and then turned around and returned to Golovin - where he's been since 4:50 a.m.
Ben Good passed at 8 a.m. (and did not stop).
At 10:48 a.m. after 6 hours, Sean started moving again, got out onto the ice again to about the same point, stopped at 11:01... appeared to maybe be walking with his team as they inched along for the next 20 minutes, when he stopped again, and returned (much more speedily) to his camp spot in Golovin at 11:54 a.m.
In the meantime, back in Elim, Severin Cathy left there are 10:16 a.m. went a couple of miles along the sea ice, before stalling at 10:54, and returning to Elim.
Behind him, Lauro Eklund left Elim at 10:33, got a little bit further down the trail (after passing the returning Cathry), but also turned around at 11:09 am. and went back to Elim.
Behind him, Jeff Reid left Elim at 10:52, passed by the troublesome area around 11:20 and kept going.
Cathry then left Elim again (right as Eklund showed up) at 11:40, with Lauro following him, and they set out along the sea ice again, this time in tandem and managed to pass through.
Assume some sort of ground blizzard?
Back in Golovin at 12:15 pm, Sean started moving (walking with his team? - the tracker was moving slowly, but not blinking green - staying orange for rest) across the spit to the north. At 2:15, the tracker suddenly turns green and he shoots to the SW and goes around in a circle until 2:50 pm when Jeff Reid passes and Sean follows him out. This time he gets out about a mile before the team stalls at 3 pm... Jeff keeps going. Sean manages to get them another half a mile or so, before they quit on him again. Eklund and Cathry pass him out on the ice at 4 pm (12 hours after he first stalled), but the team did not follow.
At 4:30, they whizzed back to their camp spot at Govolin, settling in at 5 pm.
At 7 pm, it looks like he tried to get them moving again, with no luck.
Josh passed him at 9 pm (and is just now pulling into WM at 12:21 am on Friday.
Sean W is still sitting in Golovin
Sean Underwood - operating the camera at WM said that they are sending out some snow machines to check on Sean Williams, but I fear it doesn't look good for him there. In theory, he can buy dog food from the people in Golovin, but he's got to persuade his team to move - and they don't seem interested.
Sean Underwood said it's only a little windy on Golovin Bay, but not bad, but they're supposed to pick up again tomorrow afternoon. It's dead calm in WM right now.
He's saying that the dogs get confused coming into the WM - they want to head up towards the buildings, since that's what they do in the other villages, but obv the "rest area" in WM is down on the river. You can hear Joshua down on the river saying "no, not that way" as his dogs are veering in the wrong direction.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:33 pm
Update from trail sweeps - Sean's dogs seem to think Golovin is a checkpoint, so they don't want to leave.
The dogs are healthy, he has food for them.
They've been giving rides to the locals kids around town at 9-10 mph (which explains those loops around the spit! Too funny). So the dogs are healthy, they just don't want to leave the fun of Golovin.
Sean U says that Sean W needs to get to WM at some point, so everyone can go home, but he doesn't know when that time limit cut-off will be. He's only 16 miles from WM, and every time he tries to leave, when he turns around, the dogs lollop back to Golovin at 9 mph, so they're plenty healthy... they just don't want to leave there.
The dogs are healthy, he has food for them.
They've been giving rides to the locals kids around town at 9-10 mph (which explains those loops around the spit! Too funny). So the dogs are healthy, they just don't want to leave the fun of Golovin.
Sean U says that Sean W needs to get to WM at some point, so everyone can go home, but he doesn't know when that time limit cut-off will be. He's only 16 miles from WM, and every time he tries to leave, when he turns around, the dogs lollop back to Golovin at 9 mph, so they're plenty healthy... they just don't want to leave there.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by mira » Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:27 am
It must be really frustrating for Sean, but really fun for the kids in Golovin 
But at some time they will need to go on.. looks like the dogs figured Golovin is Nome.. I do hope he is able to get them going. He hasn't moved for a while, but the kids are sleeping.
But at some time they will need to go on.. looks like the dogs figured Golovin is Nome.. I do hope he is able to get them going. He hasn't moved for a while, but the kids are sleeping.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:26 am
I believe he's running a Buser puppy team?
If so, it seems imperative that Sean persuades them to leave Golovin under their own steam or this spot will forever be a difficult one for them to pass in future years? (see Deeter story about passing the shelter cabin).
Even if he borrows a lead dog to get them out of there and takes them to WM to scratch, it would be beneficial for the future, no?
If so, it seems imperative that Sean persuades them to leave Golovin under their own steam or this spot will forever be a difficult one for them to pass in future years? (see Deeter story about passing the shelter cabin).
Even if he borrows a lead dog to get them out of there and takes them to WM to scratch, it would be beneficial for the future, no?
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by mira » Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:54 am
elsietee wrote:Even if he borrows a lead dog to get them out of there and takes them to WM to scratch, it would be beneficial for the future, no?
Yes I would really think so
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by elsietee » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:29 pm
Well, he's been about half a mile out on the ice stalled for an hour now. Maybe he just waits them out, sitting out there.
I'm guessing the ice is less interesting than playing with the children in Golovin, so maybe they'll get bored and opt to run.
It must be so frustrating for him. Kudos for making the best of it and having fun while he was stalled.
I'm guessing the ice is less interesting than playing with the children in Golovin, so maybe they'll get bored and opt to run.
It must be so frustrating for him. Kudos for making the best of it and having fun while he was stalled.
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Re: Kaltag-UNK- Koyuk- WM
by mira » Fri Mar 15, 2024 12:38 pm
Indeed, much more fun to play with kids than running on the monotone ice. But he sure will be the hero in Golovin
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