tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762197037886589909.post5853528846004310788..comments2023-12-05T09:07:24.960-09:00Comments on Mushing Tech: What it looks like when something ain't rightMelindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03551112597725478690noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3762197037886589909.post-5280914316583898892012-02-05T20:16:04.493-09:002012-02-05T20:16:04.493-09:00Hi Melinda,
I enjoy your posts. I have followed ...Hi Melinda,<br /><br />I enjoy your posts. I have followed the Quest for years, using spreadsheets mostly but recently the GPS has changed a lot of how we predict arrival times etc.<br /><br />Here is a question. At race mile 144 on the race flow chart there are several mushers that have little plateaus - mostly two points. Now this might be a short stop, but these occur 4 miles past Central where teams getting drop bags stopped a short time that look just like these little plateaus too. So I thought, okay maybe they go a few miles out the checkpoint and repack or snack or something so the dogs don't get the idea they are staying at the checkpoint. After a few more teams did the exact same thing in the exact same spot I wondered about the reality? Could all these teams be doing the same thing in the same spot?<br /><br />I looked on the map to see were mile 144-5 was and it's on the road to the hotsprings - okay? I then checked a few mushers individual tracks to see where they had stopped, should be two points together right? Well I did not find them, just a string of points 10-minutes apart, seemed normal.<br /><br />So are these short plateaus a glitch? We might have to be careful not to interpret too much from these if they cannot be proved otherwise?<br /><br />ideas?<br /><br />regards, Darren in Whitehorse, YTDarrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128216415532062888noreply@blogger.com