Survived every mushers worst fear: getting gaffed by a snow hook. They are awful things, are always in the way and never seem like they're safely secured:
https://www.ktva.com/story/41896574...hook-in-january-mushes-iditarod-in-marchHe's lucky to be racing this year. A little lower, it wouldve caught the meat of his neck, dug in and drug em to death.
Glanced off skull, but still broke it.
Anyhow, joar and Pete down to 10 dogs. Nervous stuff with over 300 miles left. They'll have to rest more and slow down the run distances to limp in a 10 dog team. There's one seriously steep climb left. Hard on a small dog team, they could quit on the musher.
