12-03-2016 20:49 via alaskapublic.org

Mitch Seavey first to Kaltag, Brent Sass first out

Mitch Seavy pulling in to McGrath. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/KSKA)
Iditarod veteran Mitch Seavey was the first musher into Kaltag on Saturday morning, checking in at  7:41 a.m.
But, as has often been the case in the dash down the Yukon River, Brent Sass was the first one out, after spending only 7 minutes at the Kaltag checkpoint.
Seavey is still resting in Kaltag as of 10:40 a.m.
According to the GPS tracker, Aliy Zirkle is in third and should be checking into Kaltag soon.
Zirkle and her
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