Amundsen race day 2 23/2-14

At 22:37 last night, the team left the first checkpoint after taking about 2.5 hours of well-deserved rest.

The dogs were excited, it was cold and the trails were relatively hard. The team were off at high speed, so high that Håkan felt compelled to slow down the team in order to prevent them from wearing themselves out.
The first sixty kilometers they were working really good, but then came the backlash, and the last seven kilometers took impertinent long time.
At 8:35 the team arrived at CP2 "Storåbranna 1" where they are now, resting in the six-hour mandatory rest period after having finished a total distance of 168km.
Both dogs and Håkan are tired and in need of rest. I hope the rest does the trick so they can finish the remaining 131 km.

Tired "Soft team" arriving at CP Storåbrannan 1

Team is resting at Storåbranna 1