TRAIL UPDATE

Beat Jederlehner and Beth Shaner are moving towards McGrath together. Beth's tracker is not working properly but we are monitoring them.

They had company on the Trail as they were followed by 3 dogs 15 miles out of Nikolai.

Mathieu Bonnier's tracker is also playing up. He is also moving towards McGrath.

Greg Martin and Rebecca Rusch are crossing the line in McGrath as we publish. Toni Lund is also arriving in McGrath, a checkpoint to Nome for him.

The stretch Nikolai - McGrath is busy tonight and Nikolai's checkpoint is expecting another steady flow of arrivals tonight.

Race Director Kyle Durand is following the back of the race up to Nikolai.

Foot racer Hendra Wijaya has now ended his race and will be flying back to Anchorage tomorrow, weather allowing. He took 5 snowmachines and about 6-7 hours to break trail in whiteout conditions to get to Hells Gate (aptly named) and back - see pictures of the rescue mission led by ITI crew Kyle and Adrian. Thank you to everyone involved in getting Hendra back to Puntilla.

Captured on video below when arriving at the last checkpoint on his race, is Italian athlete Tiziano Mulonia who can’t wait to see the finish line in McGrath and go home after battling snow and cold temperatures all night and day. Tiziano will eat and rest in Nikolai before tackling the last stretch home tomorrow.

ITI1000 skier Asbjørn Skjøth Bruun has also arrived in Nikolai tonight.

Well done everyone on another good day!