The first I heard about the Yukon was from Jack London books. Second was about the Yukon Quest, what a great race, in a great country, with great dogs and some really great volunteers and mushers.

Rolf Schmitt, formerly of Germany, current resident of Whitehorse, Yukon.

YQ300 Race Updates

Yukon Quest 300 update

CENTRAL FINISH
Bib# Name	Date/Time in	Finish Position	# of dogs
57 Haltmann	02/08 1942	1	11
59 Kaltenborn	02/08 2124	2	11
58 S. Williams	02/09 0444	3	10
53 Carter	02/09 0847	4	11
52 Drobney	02/09 1047	5	10
55 H. Williams	02/10 0012	6	8

Mike King (#56) officially scratched at 1745 02/09 in Circle

2010 Yukon Quest 300 Race Updates by Checkpoint

Circle Checkpoint

Bib#/Name	Date/Time In	Pos in	# Dogs	Date/Time Out	Pos Out	#Dogs Out	Next
57 Haltman	2/8 0537	1	12	2/8 1118	1	11	Back to Central Finish
59 Kaltenborn	2/8 0708	2	12	2/8 1208	2	11	Back to Central Finish
58 S.Williams	2/8 1324	3	11	2/8 1830	2	10	Back to Central Finish
53 Carter	2/8 1630	4	11	2/8 2330	3	11	Back to Central Finish
52 Drobney	2/8 1755	5	11	2/8 2359	4	10	Back to Central Finish
55 H. Williams	2/9 0305	6	10	2/9 0955	5	8	Back to Central Finish
56 King	2/9 1120	7	-		-	-	Scratched

Travis Stagg officially scratched at 19:42 02-08-10 in Central

Central Checkpoint (6 hour mandatory layover)

Bib#/Name	Date/Time In	Pos in	# Dogs	Date/Time Out	Pos Out	# Dogs Out	Next Chckpt
57 Haltman	2/7 1519	1	12	2/7 2121	1	12	Circle
59 Kaltenborn	2/7 1612	2	12	2/7 2214	2	12	Circle
53 Carter	2/7 2228	4	11	2/8 0600	4	11	Circle
52 Drobney	2/7 2348	5	11	2/8 0748	5	11	Circle
58 S Williams	2/7 1938	3	11	2/8 0315	3	11	Circle
55 H.Williams	2/8 0534	6	10	2/8 1155	6	10	Circle
54 Stagg	2/8 1320	7	9	2/8 1942	Scratched	-	-
56 King	2/8 1210	8	11	2/8 1816	7	10	Circle

Mile 101 Checkpoint (2 hour mandatory layover)

Bib#/Name	Date/Time In	Pos in	# Dogs	Date/Time Out	Pos out	# Dogs Out	Next Chckpt
57 Haltman	2/7 0828	1	12	2/7 1202	1	12	Central
59 Kaltenborn	2/7 0950	2	12	2/7 1228	2	12	Central
58 S. Williams	2/7 1145	3	12	2/7 1418	3	11	Central
53 Carter	2/7 1207	4	12	2/7 1801	4	11	Central
52 Drobney	2/7 1324	5	12	2/7 1900	5	11	Central
54 Stagg	2/7 1950	6	12	2/8 0347	7	9	Central
55 H.Williams	2/7 2009	7	10	2/8 0135	6	10	Central
56 King	2/7 2202	8	12	2/8 0758	8	11	Central

2/7 1300 Scott Chesney #51 returned to Fairbanks and scratched

Two Rivers Checkpoint

Bib#/Name	Date/Time in	Pos in	# Dogs in	Date/Time Out	Pos out	# Dogs out	Next checkpoint
51 Chesney	2/6 2211	6	11	2/7 0535	9	10	Mile 101
52 Drobney	2/6 2155	5	12	2/6 2212	2	12	Mile 101
53 Carter	2/6 2149	4	12	2/7 0320	5	12	Mile 101
54 Stagg	2/6 2229	8	12	2/7 0403	8	12	Mile 101
55 H Williams	2/6 2224	7	11	2/7 0352	7	10	Mile 101
56 King	2/6/2229	8	12	2/7 0329	6	12	Mile 101
57 Haltman	2/6 2145	2	12	2/6 2200	1	12	Mile 101
58 S Williams	2/6 2143	1	12	2/6 2215	3	12	Mile 101
59 Kaltenborn	2/6 2148	3	12	2/7 0144	4	12	Mile 101

POS	BIB #	MUSHER	LOCATION	DATE	TIME IN	DATE	TIME OUT	Dogs
1	51	Scott Chesney	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1700	11
2	52	Paige Drobny	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1703	12
3	53	Philip (Cain) Carter	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1706	12
4	54	Travis Stagg	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1709	12
5	55	Harvey Williams	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1712	11
6	56	Mike King	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1715	12
7	57	Sven Haltman	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1718	12
8	58	Sean Williams	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1721	12
9	59	Magnus Kaltenborn	Fairbanks	2/6/10		2/6/10	1724	12

2010 YQ300 Starting Order

Bib # Musher

51 Scott Chesney
52 Paige Drobney
53 Philip (Cain) Carter
54 Travis Stagg
55 Harvey Williams
56 Mike King
57 Sven Haltman
58 Sean Williams
59 Magnus Kaltenborn