Zirkle Leapfrogs Neff to Lead Pack Out of Rohn

A wall of bad weather kept planes out of Rainy Pass for much of Monday, but the storm didn’t stop the dogs on the first full day of racing in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.Mushers sailed through one of the most notorious stretches of trail and reported terrific conditions as they poured in and out of the Rainy Pass checkpoint on Puntilla Lake and pushed onto Rohn on the other side of the Alaska Range.Read more here: http: http://www.adn.com/2012/03/05/2353843/zirkle-griffin-put-women-in-front.html