Arne Liaklev with dog in sledge

Arne Liaklev, who participates for the first time in the Finnmarksløpet, was registered at 05:23 am in Jergul. When he reached the checkpoint he had on of his dogs in the sledge. - I had to take it out of the team shortly after Karasjok, he tells. This might have been the reason why Nina Skramstad was able to pass him near Ravnastua. According to our representative in Jergul, Liaklev's dogs looked much more exhausted than the ones of the other mushers, whereas the musher himself looked extraordinary vital.