Easter Sunday at Birch Hill
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Max Kaufman’s photos and videos of 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot
Max Kaufman, winning skier in the White Mountain 100 this year, has shared photos and videos that he took of 40 and 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot skiers on March 29, 2014:
Thank you, Max!
Random shots from the Sonot Connector & Fort Wainwright
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- NSCF co-Prez Bruce Jamieson
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- Chris Puchner
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- Darren Rorabaugh
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- Dash Feierabend
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- Frank Soos
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- Gretchen Chamberlain
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- Ian Ludwig
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- Heidi Amskold
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- Joey Nunes
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- Ari Endestad
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- Matt Cameron
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- Sam Flora
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- Mike Schmoker
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- Will Coleman
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- Sharon & Bad Bob Baker
All photos by Sam Lamont
The making of Sonot Kkaazoot #27 by volunteers!
Photos by Sam Lamont & Eli Lyke
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- Eli’s new signs painted
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- Eli’s signs bundled
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- Signs w/ distances on them
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- Smiling volunteers on race day
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- Day of race registration
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- Hauling snow for road crossing
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- More snow
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- Parking lot gravel covering
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- Traffic control
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- Lisa Stuby at road crossing #1
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- Volunteers on break
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- Happy shovelers
Sonot Kkaazoot lost and found
Bags of clothes and ski items found at the start/finish line of the Sonot Kkazoot on Saturday plus items left in the Doyon Ltd building at 4 p.m. Saturday were left at the “lost and found” area upstairs in the Birch Hill Recreation Bldg
Lost neck gaiter: Kristen Rozell lost a red-striped neck gaiter on the white bear during the Sonot. If found, please contact her at: kbrozell@gmail.com
Dermot Cole’s Sonot Kkaazoot article in the Alaska Dispatch
Thanks to volunteers from 2014 Sonot Kkazoot red lantern
2014 Sonot Kkaazoot 50 km CL finisher--photo by Bad Bob Baker
Thank you to all the volunteers at the Sonot Kkaazoot race. I have never enjoyed pain as much as enduring the Black Hole. The teenagers at the stadium had zest and encouraged me to turn right at the 40k-50k intersection. I feared the reality of the BLACKHOLE, already spent on my 190 cm skis with scales. Repeating over and over on the climbs, the letters: sonot,kk,aa, zoot. More loops with climbs between 30k -35K. Thankfully I did not know my first 50K was the hardest in our country.The volunteers and Bob Baker all standing alone at their stations with beautiful energy as I came slugging by. I promise to buy faster skis for my caboose role next year. Hooray! Thank, Thank You, Thank you for an inspiring event to celebrate another Alaskan winter. Thank you girls by the stadium, and mom with cookies.
Sincerely,
Barb Baysinger
2014 Sonot Kkaazoot Event Podiums
Article by Danny Martin, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner w/ photos including female and male winners of 50 km and 20 km freestyle events
Present or former Nanooks swept the Men’s 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot podium:
1. Cody Priest in 2:21.55.2
2. Alex Morris 2:22.42.9
3. Isaac Lammers 2:23.11.4
Women’s 50 km Sonot Kkaazoot leaders were:
1. Rebecca Konieczny 2:33.38.7
2. Shalane Frost 2:37.47.6
3. Melissa Lewis 2:48.46.2
Men’s 50 km CL winners
1. Pete Leonard 3:00.58.4
2. Scott Jerome 3:19.42.0
(See: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=651789528222342 for photo)
3. David Apperson 3:29.4.4
Women’s 50 km CL
1. Lynne Petersen 4:45.11.4
2. Jessie Turner 5:44.01.0
3. Liz Pawelko 5:47.07.2
Men’s 20 km event winners
1. Ti Donaldson 50:21.6
2. Kevin Brune 50:37.6
3. Benjamin Koenig 50:37.8
Women’s 20 km event winners
1. Jenna DiFolco 56:46.0
2. Kriya Dunlap 1:05.01.2
3. Christine Broda 1:08.21.2
Men’s 40 km winners
1. Mark Ross 2:31.08.8
2. Patrick Druckenmiller 2:35.11.9
3. Patrik Sartz 2;37.18.3
Women’s 40 km winners
1. Kristan Kelly 2:38.11.1
2. Robbin Garber-Slaght 3:10.09.2
3. Maria Berger 3:37.35.0
Photos by Sam Lamont, lead road crossing volunteer
Friday morning report: The river is “awesome”
From Bill Husby, NSCF deputy groomer:
“Spent the morning grooming the river and it continues to look great. Only a few very short sections that will require double poling in the tracks. Encourage folks to wear sunscreen.”
Eighteen person-hours of work last night (3/26/14)
Six hardy volunteers (aged 56 to 71) moved large quantities of snow last night to prevent Sonot Kkaazoot skiers from damaging their ski bottoms on highway gravel embedded into the icy surface of the Chena River underneath highway bridges. Huge thanks go out to Bill Husby, Chris Puchner, Donovan Granger, Mike Schmoker, Owen Hanley, and Carol Kleckner, who worked for three hours to make the river even better skiing.
As of 6 p.m. on 3/27/14, Bad Bob (chief of course) is now 99% sure the race will be on the river!
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