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Anderson takes the lead in Quest |
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Written by Dogsled.com
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Monday, 18 February 2008 |
The three-time Yukon Quest Champion
breezed through Pelly Crossing Checkpoint in much the same fashion as
Anderson who left 25 minutes earlier. Mackey stayed a total of five minutes; he came in at 1:15 a.m. and left at 1:20 a.m.
Anderson stayed a total of just 15 minutes.
Mackey
admitted to picking up his pace during the last leg between here and
Stepping Stone to make up for Anderson’s one-hour lead out of that
stop. Now Mackey is less than a half-hour behind.
Mackey also
had to make up time after getting lost near Solomon’s Dome just outside
of Dawson City, a mistake he has made in previous years. Although he
didn’t “freak out” about the wasted time, his dogs didn’t appreciate
backtracking. “When you turn them around it breaks their spirit a bit,”
he said, adding that he apologized to them repeatedly.
Mackey
worked at a frantic pace emptying the bags of dog food that were
waiting for him and packing his sled. But in five minutes he managed to
do all this and regale the assembled crowd with some of the details of
his latest trek.
“So far everything’s working out nice,” he
said before leaving. “I’ve still got 12 dogs and that’s always a
pleasure to drive… I think they still haven’t peaked yet.” Follow the race click here
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