"Huslia was ready and waiting on Thursday evening for the first team to arrive. Community members and volunteers had been working for some time to organize the checkpoint and establish communication for Iditarod Communications as well as Iditarod Insider. Then at 20:18 on March 9th Mitch Seavey arrived. He was welcomed by a large crowd of adults and children. The excitement of the community over welcoming the first musher to their village, the half-way point of the race, was unmistakable. Seavey signed in with the checker then parked his team and began his routine of dog care."
For more info see: http://iditarod.com/eye-on-the-trail-mitch-seavey-1st-to-huslia/
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