Comments on: Live Twittering continues… Mackey passes Safety checkpoint

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:15:53 +0000

No, they made up the difference in start times at the 24 hour layover. It’s all real time now. No adjustments. WYSIWYG.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:13:48 +0000

Sleeping? (;

Don’t they stagger the mushers at the restart in Willow? Will this make a difference in who wins, seeing as how the two lead teams are so close?

By: John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:53:20 +0000

Oh, Matt — you’re cruel! Without the GPS units on the sleds, what else would I be doing at this hour?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:51:20 +0000

He’s back on…got a little worried there. He’s been driving so hard that it would be easy to make a mistake at this point. If I were him I’d just cut off the GPS unit and chuck it to the side of the trail. That would give us “Iditarod Nerds” something to talk about for the next couple of hours…

By: John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:47:54 +0000

Ah-ha! Mackey just returned to the trail. Looks like the GPS was right — he went off-trail for a bit, following the coastal road, not the formal trail.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:45:08 +0000

It now shows that Mackey has slowed to 2 mph.

By: John Proffitt

John Proffitt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:40:23 +0000

Thanks for mentioning it. I was waiting to see if it cleared up. Earlier this evening King was way, waaaay off the trail, according to the GPS maps. So it could just be a mapping error. Let’s wait to see what happens.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:37:27 +0000

You watching the GPS? Has Mackey left the trail or is the GPS map inaccurate? The red line on the map doesn’t follow the Nome/Council Road, but the new data shows Mackey off the red line and still on the N/C road. What’s up with that?