Anchorage, Alaska – Veteran Iditarod competitor Anja Radano (bib #26), of Talkeetna, Alaska, scratched at 9 p.m. tonight at the Nikolai checkpoint. Radano made the decision to scratch in the best interest of her race team. Radano had 12 dogs with her at the time she made the decision to scratch. ###
Alaska State Troopers received an SOS notification from a Garmin InReach Device requesting emergency assistance for 2 hunters and their guide to the Alaska Range southeast of Nikolai on Tuesday morning citing extreme weather. According to the report, the trio had been weathered in above the tree line for three days in inclement weather, with winds in excess […]