Iditarod Finishes in Les Cuspides; No Fulcrum

An even number of mushers and their teams finished the 2013 Iditarod, the last team arriving Sunday afternoon. As a result, there is no Point d’Appui for 2013. Les Cuspides are shared by two mushers, each of whom had held the Point d’Appui at intermediate stages of the race, Curt Perano and Matt Failor.

Perano finished one day and slightly less than six hours behind the winner, Mitch Seavey, and about three days and nine hours ahead of the final musher, No. 54, the Lanterne Rouge, Christine Roalofs.

The musher with the time closest to the median time for the 998-mile dogsled race was Mike Williams Sr., whose son Mike Williams Jr. also raced the course and held one of the Cuspides after Day 6.

Perano Mushes into Iditarod Point d’Appui

Curt Perano

Curt Perano

Curt Perano, a dog handler who now calls Willow, Alaska, his home, is running his second Iditarod and has become the Point d’Appui of the race on Day 7 of the 2013 Iditarod. Perano, 40 has lived in New Zealand, Singapore, Europe, the United States and British Columbia, so staying on the move doesn’t appear to be a problem for him. He began running dogs in 2000.

Martin Buser continues to lead the race, and the new Lanterne Rouge is Cindy Abbott.