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Musher 2008 Iditarod

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	Eric Rogers

	Eagle River, AK, USA Bib Number: 25
	Final Position: 68
	Checkpoint: Nome
	Time In: Sun, March 16, 2008 02:57:12 Dogs In: 13
	Finishing Time: 13 Days 11 Hours 57 Minutes 12 Seconds
	Average Speed: 3.21 MPH
	<>Eric Rogers, 60, a PhD Physicist who moved to Alaska from Houston, Texas in 1992, achieved a childhood dream by finishing the 2006 Iditarod as that year's oldest rookie. In 2008, Eric continues to follow the dream as he joins the 60 and over club. Born in California, Eric spent his early years watching Sgt. Preston and reading Jack London. In 1970 he enlisted in the U.S.Air Force and trained as a navigator in KC-135-s for the Strategic Air Command. In 1972, as a graduation exercise from Navigator School, he flew to Anchorage for the first time and says, "Alaska was everything I had dreamed." He served a brief tour in Southeast Asia in 1973 and made his second trip to Alaska, TDY to Fairbanks in September of that year. He left the Air Force with sinus problems in 1975, returned to graduate school and finished his PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Washington in 1981. He joined Shell Oil in Houston as a geophysicist. In February, 1988, he and his wife, Marti, took a "second honeymoon" to Alaska and drove from Seward to Coldfoot. He says Marti fell in love with it just like he had. He left Shell in 1991 and they moved to Alaska following a childhood dream. Eric says, "It is an open question whether he will get good at Iditarod or get old first." He is a member of the American Physical Society, Chugiak Dog Mushers, Iditarod and P.R.I.D.E.His hobbies are dogs, history of the North Country, mountains, weather, geology, physics and Alaska. He and Marti are the parents of Delphine, 33, Dawn, 30, Andi, 26 and Liz, 25.
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Musher Printout: Eric Rogers
Checkpoint	Distance	Time In	Dogs In	Time Out	Dogs Out	Rest	Time Enroute	Speed (mph)
Anchorage	0			03/01/2008 10:52:00	12
Willow	73			03/02/2008 14:46:00	15
Yentna	115	03/02/2008 19:30:00	15	03/02/2008 19:32:00	15	0h 2m	4h 44m	8.87
Skwentna	149	03/02/2008 23:40:00	15	03/03/2008 09:47:00	13	10h 7m	4h 8m	8.23
Finger Lake	194	03/03/2008 19:04:00	13	03/04/2008 00:18:00	13	5h 14m	9h 17m	4.85
Rainy Pass	224	03/04/2008 04:55:00	13	03/04/2008 11:57:00	13	7h 2m	4h 37m	6.50
Rohn	272	03/04/2008 18:13:00	13	03/05/2008 08:26:00	13	14h 13m	6h 16m	7.66
Nikolai	347	03/05/2008 20:14:00	13	03/06/2008 06:00:00	13	9h 46m	11h 48m	6.36
McGrath	401	03/06/2008 12:30:00	13	03/07/2008 14:54:00	13	26h 24m	6h 30m	8.31
Takotna	419	03/07/2008 17:12:00	13	03/07/2008 17:15:00	13	0h 3m	2h 18m	7.83
Ophir	444	03/07/2008 19:58:00	13	03/08/2008 01:23:00	13	5h 25m	2h 43m	9.20
Cripple	503	03/08/2008 22:15:00	13	03/09/2008 08:27:00	13	9h 12m	20h 52m	2.83
Ruby	615	03/09/2008 22:24:00	13	03/10/2008 07:31:00	13	9h 7m	13h 57m	8.03
Galena	667	03/10/2008 13:51:00	13	03/10/2008 21:04:00	13	7h 13m	6h 20m	8.21
Nulato	719	03/11/2008 03:50:00	13	03/11/2008 11:35:00	13	7h 45m	6h 46m	7.68
Kaltag	761	03/11/2008 18:11:00	13	03/12/2008 04:40:00	13	10h 29m	6h 36m	6.36
Unalakleet	851	03/13/2008 00:48:00	13	03/13/2008 08:55:00	13	8h 7m	20h 8m	4.47
Shaktoolik	893	03/13/2008 16:20:00	13	03/13/2008 22:45:00	13	6h 25m	7h 25m	5.66
Koyuk	941	03/14/2008 05:38:00	13	03/14/2008 13:08:00	13	7h 30m	6h 53m	6.97
Elim	989	03/14/2008 19:30:00	13	03/15/2008 01:09:00	13	5h 39m	6h 22m	7.54
White Mountain	1035	03/15/2008 08:18:00	13	03/15/2008 16:25:00	13	8h 7m	7h 9m	6.43
Safety	1090	03/15/2008 23:38:00	13	03/15/2008 23:41:00	13	0h 3m	7h 13m	7.62
Nome	1112	03/16/2008 02:57:12	13				3h 16m	6.73