The trail to Nikolai was marked by deep moguls for dozens of miles. They left mushers with achy backs, after an earlier snowless section of trail had already bent sled runners caused other technical mishaps.
March 9, 2022
Yuka Honda signs in at the snowy checkpoint in Nikolai. Honda says she saw a half dozen bison on her way into the checkpoint. “I’m going to go through it now and just quick run through the bolts and see that they’re tightened,” he said. “I just realized that some of the dogs had a few muscles that a four hour break or five hour break wouldn’t fix that issue,” he said.
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