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Yukon Quest '09Tuesday, February 24, 2009Ken and Danny update from the trail
Monday night Wild & Free supporters Danny and Ken trekked out toward
Rosebud on skis under no moon. After not seeing anyone for 5 miles, they saw a headlamp in the distance and caught a "hup" recognizable as Brent's. Brent seemed a bit dazed, and responded to our cheers with "Is that really you guys?!" The team looked great and quickly disappeared down the trail. Danny and Ken skied back to Chena Hot Springs Road, noticing Brent's kick marks and jogging footprints all the way down the trail. Danny and Ken caught Brent at several more bridges as the night progressed. A bit past midnight and 100 miles into the run Wild & Free appeared under the aurora. Anyone guess what the bouncing headlamp in the photo is? Brent running! The team had slowed and The Dude was in the sled, but spirits were high and Brent was totally coherent. News that the team was about 12 miles outta Twin Bears Checkpoint was uplifting.   posted by gunderson # 10:47 AM
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SPECTACULAR photos, Ken!!!
You guys are great friends! :) -Jen # posted by
 : February 24, 2009 at 11:41 AM
Update from the BIG I
Well we cheered on Sebastian this morning and a few minutes later we cheered on Hugh. Both had great looking dogs at the finish. Glad to see that it was close. Hugh was really pushing trying to catch him. Got pretty close too. We are just warming ourselves up (libations) here at the BIG I across the bridge from the finish anxiously awaiting Brent's finish. I would expect to see him at the finish line around 5:00pm. There is no one close to him, so I would imagine that he would take his time and enjoy the run. Thom
Thom - what's the scoop on Brent and his delayed arrival? The FB page he was spotted far back with Michelle getting close...
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