Mile 101, Steese Highway, AK – The top two teams in this year’s Yukon Quest blew through the Mile 101 checkpoint early Sunday morning. The rivalry continued up and over Eagle summit as Hugh Neff and Allen Moore battled for the win. A few hours behind them a far different story about camaraderie and friendship played out. The sun hadn’t come up by the time Hugh Neff pulled his team into Mile 101 on the Steese Highway. It’s the second to last checkpoint on the Yukon Quest trail. Neff quickly bedded his team down and b-lined for a tiny shack, where two volunteers were cooking bacon and eggs.Read more here: http://fm.kuac.org/post/sass-rescue-again
