As expected, it looks like the rookie from South Africa's time on the Iditarod Trail has ended prematurely. Fans watched most of Friday as his tracker rested with several other teams in the Topkok Hills waiting out a massive windstorm, and then Thiart's tracker started moving backward with speeds that typically mean snowmachine "rescue".
The trackers weren't straightforward, however, as it bounced around the trail with sometimes normal dog team speeds and other time snowmachine speed. However, at last look, his tracker shows in White Mountain going at a speed of 377mph (which signifies air travel). His race is most certainly over, we just need to wait for the official announcement.
BREAKING: (AK 2:32pm) reports are now coming out of Nome that a helicopter was dispatched to rescue a musher off of the trail who has suffered broken leg(s). Judging by the speed of Gerhardt's tracker is a good assumption we know which musher it was that needed the medical support.
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