Checkpoint #6 Huslia

March 15/16

At 441PM Sunday 15^th, Trent checked in to Huslia. Huslia is a village on the Koyukuk River. Huslia has never hosted an Iditarod checkpoint. With the race start moved to Fairbanks this year, a loop from Galena to Huslia, back through Koyukuk to Nulato was added to help accumulate the 1,000 mile distance. Huslia is one of the most dog sled tradition rich communities in Alaska, and the village organized and provided hospitality to mushers and guests at an incredible level. A few pictures of the community, the feast they layed out continuously for days, and the checkpoint below.

Trent covered the 84 miles from Galena to Huslia in 20 hours, 41 minutes and rested in Huslia for 14 hours before heading back on the trail at 732AM this morning, the 16^th. I know that Trent was looking forward to spending time in Huslia, as “who knows when I’ll get there again”. I’m sure he and the dog team enjoyed the long rest and hospitality there. Trent left Huslia with 14 dogs, “dropping” 2 dogs behind who will meet Jake and Greg in Anchorage in the day or two to come. Trent was one of the last teams running 16 dogs at this point. Trent and the puppy team are in 68^th place of the 78 mushers that started the race.

Tim

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Tim-- Great report - Well I must admit, I did not expect to see pics of kids playin' Hoops in Huslia (does the bball even bounce?!) -- Good on Trent and the Team!! pretty impressive he's leaving Huslia with 14 strong - This puppy-team is indeed impressive! Hope it's warmed up a bit for you guys! Rick -----Original Message----- From: Posthaven Posts To: imsrlutz Sent: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 5:32 pm Subject: [trentherbst - New Post] Checkpoint #6 Huslia -- Reply above this line to comment on this post -- Trent Herbst created a new post on trentherbst: Checkpoint #6 Huslia March 15/16 At 441PM Sunday 15th, Trent checked in to Huslia. Huslia is a village on the Koyukuk River. Huslia has never hosted an Iditarod checkpoint. With the race start moved to Fairbanks this year, a loop from Galena to Huslia, back through Koyukuk to Nulato was added to help accumulate the 1,000 mile distance. Huslia is one of the most dog sled tradition rich communities in Alaska, and the village organized and provided hospitality to mushers and guests at an incredible level. A few pictures of the community, the feast they layed out continuously for days, and the checkpoint below. Trent covered the 84 miles from Galena to Huslia in 20 hours, 41 minutes and rested in Huslia for 14 hours before heading back on the trail at 732AM this morning, the 16 th. I know that Trent was looking forward to spending time in Huslia, as “who knows when I’ll get there again”. I’m sure he and the dog team enjoyed the long rest and hospitality there. Trent left Huslia with 14 dogs, “dropping” 2 dogs behind who will meet Jake and Greg in Anchorage in the day or two to come. Trent was one of the last teams running 16 dogs at this point. Trent and the puppy team are in 68 th place of the 78 mushers that started the race. Tim View the post and reply » Unsubscribe from new posts on this site Change your Posthaven email settings

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To Tim Who is making these posts: I want to tell you how much I have enjoyed your posts. I met Trent on the 2006 Iditarod - but ended up scratching early due to an injury. We ended up running together in the back of the pack for a while in the 2008 Iditarod (and I finally finished). I am a bit sad to say I am done with any distance mushing… but it has been fun to “relive” the event with your newsy posts. Thanks. Sue

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