Paul Gebhardt

[AlaskaCabinFever]

We are rooting for you Paul and hope that you have a safe, fast journey this year. This could be your race. Great job on the Kusko and we'll be wishing you well all the way to Nome.

[AlaskaCabinFever]

Update on Paul: Woohoo, go Paul go! Out there quietly doing his thing, he is running right in there with the leaders. Paul is such a nice person and so humble; we are excited to see he is doing well so far, fourth into Rainy Pass (according to GPS, but current standing show him fifth - whatever, he's right in there with Mackey). Maybe this will be his year to win it.

[AlaskaCabinFever]

Does anyone know why Paul has had to drop three dogs?

[mjvega]

Does anyone know why Paul scratched in Nikolai? :?:

[mjvega]

I found the story on Alaska Daily News: http://community.adn.com/?q=adn/node/156078#gebhardt

Too bad, he was doing so well. :cry:

[AlaskaCabinFever]

Now that we've had time to absorb the sad news that our favorite musher is out of the race, I have to say that he handled the situation with incredible grace and acceptance. He showed concern for his dogs above all else. Seems like it is such a combination of things that determine how well a musher and his or her team will do in the Iditarod, and plain old bad luck is a huge factor. NEXT YEAR!! Looking forward to rooting for him again then.

[idream]

I for one am so disappointed in all of Pauls bad luck. It seems it never ends. I so want for him to get a win. I cried when he didnt get it the year he scattered the ashes of his former lead