The Adventure Guys
We admit it. We've got great jobs. How many people get told by their bosses to go out and play? We write about those experiences each Thursday in The News Tribune’s Adventure section. But there's always more to the story. Here, Craig Hill and Jeffrey P. Mayor will share the inside stories on their adventures - including their misadventures - plus post news and answer your questions.

CRAIG HILL

Craig Hill is The News Tribune’s injury-prone Adventure writer. After eight years covering college football and basketball, he started writing about  adventure sports in 2004. He writes about everything from mountaineering and cycling to skiing and camping. You can reach him at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com

JEFFREY P. MAYOR

Jeffrey P. Mayor has been The News Tribune’s Adventure editor since 2003, and oversees our weekly Adventure section. His coverage focuses on fishing, hunting, Mount Rainier and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. You can reach him at jeff.mayor@thenewstribune.com

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The inside story on outside recreation for South Puget Sound and beyond
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Posted by Jeff Mayor @ 10:21:47 am

Laura Daugereau has inched up to 53rd place in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, but she has dropped two more dogs from her team.

According to the latest race standings, Daugereau arrvied in Phir at 7:37 a.m. Alaska time. She needed 3 hours, 13 minutes to make the run from Takotna to Ophir.

This checkpoint is almost the halfway point of the race. Ophir is 534 miles from Anchorage and 597 miles from the finish in Nome.

One she leave Ophir, Daugereau and her team face 90 miles of empty Alaska en route to the Iditarod checkpoint. Teams typically take 12 to 18 hours to complete this let, including a stop of several hours to rest.

Lance Mackey currently leads the race, having left the Shageluk checkpoint at 7:35 this morning.