Enrico Ghidoni from Italy arrived at the Dawson City 430 mile finish line today at 08:40. Simon Reed from England arrived 11:40. Enrico had received a time penalty of 12 hours for forgetting his mandatory down jacket at Carmacks CP. As this would have meant a change in results, Simon Reed’s insulation jacket was checked upon his arrival in the city of the gold rush. Unfortunately, Simon could only show an insulation jacket that clearly does not comply with the race rules. Which resulted in a 12 hour time penalty for him. It seemed the fairest possible solution. Both made mistakes with mandatory kit and both received a penalty. So, in the end Enrico who did reach the finish line first also placed first in the foot category. Both showed an incredible performance and are winners. Congratulations!
We are now waiting for the next athletes to finish. All of them are making good progress and should finish before the cut-off time on Feb. 18th 10:30 AM.
