Mitch Seavey, first to Kaltag, is confident yet cautious

Mitch Seavey travels on the Yukon River toward Kaltag after leaving Nulato. (Photo by Ben Matheson/KNOM)
Mitch Seavey is the first Iditarod musher to reach Kaltag. He arrived at the Yukon River checkpoint at 7:40 pm Saturday after running his team from Koyukuk. Seavey blew through Nulato in the heat of the afternoon and declared his eight-hour rest upon checking into Kaltag, the last possible spot. As the race leaves the Yukon River for the 85-mile portage trail to the coast, Seavey was con