At 23 o'clock night to Sunday 18:th I got a message that Håkan expected to reach the finish about 00:30 - which he did , to be more exact 00:33 . Unfortunately, he had no dogs. He had lost the team 16km before the finish when he stopped to snacks the and to take some blueberry soup . When he untied himself from the pulka to reach the dogs they began to slowly move forward. They did not stay as they usually do as he told them , but rather increased the speed. Håkan , who days before the race had invested in a new pair of skis, did not have a chance to catch up with them for the skis did not slide well att all. Håkan put up all his strength to try and ketch the team but saw no sign of the dogs and began to worry that they would be stuck with the sledge , start barking and attract wolves that they would be easy prey for , or run out on some nearby road and being run over . When he finally reached the goal , he was extremely relieved when he heard Deimos barking and saw that both he and Corona were exactly on the spot where they had rested after the first leg . Håkan was warmly welcomed by the two dogs in the team. Deimos barked and wagged his tail and Corona who had settled comfortably on a pile of straw also waved her tail.
No one had seen them coming, they had just run to " their place ".
Of course it was sad that it would end so just 16 km before the finish but the most important was of course that both Håkan and the dogs found their way and that they weren't hurt.
So it was a Happy Ending
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