Bart on his way to Braeburn

Carmacks 3.15am

Seems Bart has the luck to keep me awake most of the night till he leaves. Than a quick note and it makes it almost daylight.

Bart surprised us all with driving the team in one shot to Carmacks. Dogs looked great coming in and after an 8hour rest he left just after 2am for the last checkpoint Braeburn. It is about an 80 mile run so will see how the dogs are doing. He may give them a break half way for a couple of hours.

Bart was so kind to take off in Pelly with Peter under his wings and tried to get the Swiss guy Hertier going too. He came back telling his leaders did not want to go. Bart tried to help him going out again but no luck his leaders bulked on him again. Now it will be pretty hard to get them going again.

I bet some people wonder what we are doing all the time. Well not much. We have done our duty in Dawson City so it is up to Bart again. We hang around with other mushers. Check the internet over and over again and read some books. We also take care of all the dropped dogs. Mushers probably losing weight and handlers gaining some in this race!

Now we have some time to close our eyes before we hit the road to the next checkpoint. from there on it is only a 100 mile sprint to the finish line. Before that he has a mandatory 8h layover and a vet check. So I will get back to you in Breaburn.

Greetings,

Stefaan

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