Trent is through Rohn...

Trent finished what had to have been a very tough 12 hours since checking through Rainy Pass last night at 830.   As mentioned in the last post, he looks to have run in to an open, deep crossing at Happy Creek at about 10PM and called it a night.   Many mushers continued through the night.   Trent waited until 415AM, went through the Dalzell Gorge and pulled in to Rohn ,23 miles later at 735AM.  He stayed for about a half hour and pulled back out of Rohn at 758.  

Trent and the team departed Rohn in 51st place.  There are still 83 teams in the race.  All 16 dogs on the team are still in the race.

Trent will probably run 2-3 hours to get past a good portion of the Farewell Burn heading out of Rohn and stop and camp until 4 PM for a big run in to Nikolai.  

Commentators on the Insider Live at Nikolai were reporting just as Nick Petit arrived a moment ago.   They said that everyone team got soaking wet on the way to Rohn; and that Nikolai, a small village of 150, would be everyone's first chance to dry out their gear and enjoy some warmth in the Community gym.  

Trent is going to be wet and in the elements until late this evening or early tomorrow I suspect.  

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Well, I'm sure Trent enjoyed drying his britches in the middle of a cold winter's nite in Alaska! I'm not joking, I know he did.
I'd have to agree. My guess is he crossed, built a big fire and stayed up for awhile as others passed. They crossed and got soaked, stopped by his fire for a little warmth and joked about how much fun they were having. Tim
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