{"id":9161,"date":"2022-04-18T10:45:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T17:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?p=9161"},"modified":"2022-04-18T15:52:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T22:52:57","slug":"reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span> ate my first pizza slice for breakfast on the trail. The rest I saved for a lunch break. We’ll get to that. The primary concern on the leg to Shaktoolik is wind, which often reaches hurricane force. Combined with deep sub-zero temps, that can lead to wind chill factors lower than -70F.<\/p>\n

The first 25mi cross a mix of woods, taiga, open areas, and exposed ridge tops. Besboro Island far away in the Norton Sound looked surreal, and so did the sea ice. There were over 1,000ft of climbing through the Blueberry Hills on the first 20mi. I reached the Foothill cabin rather exhausted, in time for lunch. Two locals on an ATV stopped. They insisted on shaking my hand. When they saw my pizza, they both laughed and said “frozen pizza, eh?” I did not laugh. Once they left, I ate my frozen pizza. I was cold when I left. What was I thinking?<\/p>\n

The trail descended from the hills to the Norton Sound beach. The next 12mi to Shaktoolik are known to be extremely difficult because of the wind. And indeed they were. One is completely unprotected in the open, barren coastline. As soon as I reached the beach, the wind got so strong that I could barely walk. My sled got blown over several times. I had to be completely bundled up, with zero skin exposed. It was the most challenging 12mi I ever did. You can’t stop or give up because there is nowhere to go. Drinking and eating become a real challenge.<\/p>\n

It was getting dark when I finally reached Shaktoolik, exhausted and beaten up by the wind. I asked a local where the school was. He said he’d walk me there. One the way he told me that he had just participated in the rescue of the last standing skier in the race, who had suffered frostbite on his hand. Gosh! At the school, I was welcomed by the said skier, his arm heavily bandaged, and two ITI bikers. Troy and Jason spent more than a day of their race coordinating the rescue and assisting with the skier’s evacuation on a bush plane to Anchorage the next day. What an amazing sportsmanship!<\/p>\n

No skier has ever completed the Iditarod Trail Invitational 1000 to Nome (although some others did in other contexts<\/a>), and no one would this year. What a bummer!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

I ate my first slice of pizza for breakfast on the trail. It was not frozen.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Magic view of Besboro Island and the sea ice in the Norton Sound.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The Foothill cabin served as a great lunch shelter.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

All my remaining pizza was of course rock solid frozen by lunch time. What was I thinking?<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The 12mi to Shaktoolik are known to be extremely difficult because of the wind. One is completely unprotected in the open, barren coastline.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The sea ice piling up on the (snow) beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

The “beach” with the sea ice.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Bundled up with zero skin exposed. It’s challenging to eat and drink in these conditions.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Aerial view of Shaktoolik. Two rows of houses and a single road on a tiny stretch of land. The town is completely exposed and hammered by the worst winds. Photo stolen from https:\/\/iditarod.com\/zuma\/virtual-trail-journey-shaktoolik<\/a>. Photo credit: Terrie Hanke.<\/p><\/div>\n

\"\"<\/a>

In these conditions, there is no room for mistakes.<\/p><\/div>\n

#iti2022 #iditarodtrailinvitational #ultrarunning #nome #alaska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ate my first pizza slice for breakfast on the trail. The rest I saved for a lunch break. We’ll get to that. The primary concern on the leg to Shaktoolik is wind, which often reaches hurricane force. Combined with… Continue Reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,78,409,947,29,19,3],"tags":[859,1012,1008,1011,1010,380,1013,1009,1007,885],"class_list":["post-9161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures","category-challenge","category-epic-shit","category-iti","category-race","category-running","category-ultra","tag-bay","tag-besboro","tag-foothills","tag-frostbite","tag-hurricane","tag-island","tag-norton","tag-sea-ice","tag-shaktoolik","tag-wind"],"yoast_head":"\nReliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I ate my first pizza slice for breakfast on the trail. The rest I saved for a lunch break. We’ll get to that. The primary concern on the leg to Shaktoolik is wind, which often reaches hurricane force. Combined with… Continue Reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Christof Teuscher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christof.teuscher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christof.teuscher\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christof Teuscher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisTeuscher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ChrisTeuscher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christof Teuscher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christof Teuscher\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087\"},\"headline\":\"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 19\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":645,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/iti22_d19_1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"bay\",\"Besboro\",\"foothills\",\"frostbite\",\"hurricane\",\"island\",\"Norton\",\"sea ice\",\"Shaktoolik\",\"wind\"],\"articleSection\":[\"adventures\",\"challenge\",\"epic shit\",\"iti\",\"race\",\"running\",\"ultra\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/\",\"name\":\"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/iti22_d19_1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/iti22_d19_1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/iti22_d19_1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&ssl=1\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":2000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 19\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/\",\"name\":\"Christof Teuscher\",\"description\":\""I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m going, but I\u2019m on my way." \u2014 Carl Sagan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087\",\"name\":\"Christof Teuscher\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Christof Teuscher\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.christofteuscher.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/christof.teuscher\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/christof.teuscher\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/christofteuscher\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/ChrisTeuscher\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/christofteuscher\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/christofteuscher.com\\\/aagaa\\\/author\\\/cteusche\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher","og_description":"I ate my first pizza slice for breakfast on the trail. The rest I saved for a lunch break. We’ll get to that. The primary concern on the leg to Shaktoolik is wind, which often reaches hurricane force. Combined with… Continue Reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/","og_site_name":"Christof Teuscher","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christof.teuscher","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christof.teuscher","article_published_time":"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Christof Teuscher","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisTeuscher","twitter_site":"@ChrisTeuscher","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christof Teuscher","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/"},"author":{"name":"Christof Teuscher","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#\/schema\/person\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087"},"headline":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 19","datePublished":"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/"},"wordCount":645,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#\/schema\/person\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg","keywords":["bay","Besboro","foothills","frostbite","hurricane","island","Norton","sea ice","Shaktoolik","wind"],"articleSection":["adventures","challenge","epic shit","iti","race","running","ultra"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/","url":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/","name":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational - Day 19 - Christof Teuscher","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg","datePublished":"2022-04-18T17:45:55+00:00","dateModified":"2022-04-18T22:52:57+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d19_1.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000&ssl=1","width":1500,"height":2000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-19\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 19"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/","name":"Christof Teuscher","description":""I don\u2019t know where I\u2019m going, but I\u2019m on my way." \u2014 Carl Sagan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#\/schema\/person\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/#\/schema\/person\/960505e98259e9065f45b6fed9578087","name":"Christof Teuscher","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Christof Teuscher"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6122d7534ac95dce4ad5e2ad42f79e41e8d39099a9d5be97c6e8971b9d09888c?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.christofteuscher.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christof.teuscher","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/christof.teuscher","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christofteuscher","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisTeuscher","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/christofteuscher"],"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/author\/cteusche\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p50V3Q-2nL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9176,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-20\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":0},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 20","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"can be surprisingly difficult to find the right trail out of towns. Markers are often missing, and there can be countless snowmachine tracks that lead in any direction. I was excited, but also worried about the ~50mi sea ice crossing on the Norton Bay to Koyuk. Once again, wind is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d20_10.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9190,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-21\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":1},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 21","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"less than 100mi below the arctic circle, is the most northern point on the Iditarod trail. I was now less than 200mi from Nome. There was more sea ice, some hills, the Kwik River safety cabin, more ice, and then some more of all of it. The wind was still\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d21_10.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9147,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-18\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":2},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 18","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"stove was dead and the cabin was cold when I got up at 3am. By now, my routines were dialed in. Everything had a place in a bag and in the pulk. I knew blindly where to find my stuff, what to grab when going into checkpoints, and how to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d18_10.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9204,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-22\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":3},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 22","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"missing drop package was no big deal. I carried reserves for several days and had already skipped a few resupply packages because I didn't need them. A lot of redundancy was built into my resupply plan because the mail is unreliable at best in remote Alaska. I had just short\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d22_10.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9125,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":4},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 16","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 15, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"much as I was still blown away by the beauty and the scale of the Yukon, as much was I looking forward to finally getting off this monster in Kaltag at about mile 633. The miles finally started to look like the end was getting a little closer. But alas,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/idi22_d16_7.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9134,"url":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/reliving-the-1000mi-iditarod-trail-invitational-day-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":9161,"position":5},"title":"Reliving the 1000mi Iditarod Trail Invitational – Day 17","author":"Christof Teuscher","date":"April 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"was particularly excited to make the 86mi to Unalakleet for two reasons: (1) to see the Bering Sea with the sea ice and (2) to have pizza at Peace on Earth, which would also be our checkpoint. It's rather unusual to find a pizza place in a small Alaskan community\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "adventures"","block_context":{"text":"adventures","link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/iti22_d17_8-scaled.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Christof Teuscher","author_link":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/author\/cteusche\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/adventures\/\" rel=\"category tag\">adventures<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/challenge\/\" rel=\"category tag\">challenge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/epic-shit\/\" rel=\"category tag\">epic shit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/iti\/\" rel=\"category tag\">iti<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/race\/\" rel=\"category tag\">race<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/running\/\" rel=\"category tag\">running<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/category\/ultra\/\" rel=\"category tag\">ultra<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"I ate my first pizza slice for breakfast on the trail. The rest I saved for a lunch break. We’ll get to that. The primary concern on the leg to Shaktoolik is wind, which often reaches hurricane force. Combined with… Continue Reading →","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9161"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9175,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9161\/revisions\/9175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christofteuscher.com\/aagaa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}