Back on the Yukon Quest trail
While the lead teams have already crossed the race finish line in Whitehorse, I made another trip to Carmacks early this morning, moving checkpoint volunteers around. While I was waiting for the southbound fellow, I watched Katie Davis from Montana get her team ready to head out for Braeburn. There’s a lot that has to be done! The first photo was shot at exactly 09:00 am (somewhere behind the mountains, the sun had risen 14 minutes earlier).
There’s an interesting way to rest – the “pillow” was very cooperative 🙂
This photo is an enhanced version of the one above.
The turn from the parking lot to the trail is very sharp, so a couple of handlers were used to keep everyone in proper order. Out on the trail a turn would never be made this sharp.
At 09:20, they’re heading south on the trail towards Braeburn, where they have a mandatory 8-hour rest.
Katie’s truck.
It takes a whole lot of gear to keep everyone healthy and all the gear functioning!
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