Date archives: September 24, 2008

The Siskiyou Sled Dog Distance Race, set for Jan 23-25th, 2009, has become the first Iditarod qualifying race held in California. The event boasts the new 220-mile distance sled dog race, along with a110-mile race set in the vast forests of far Northern California. Mushing teams from the western US…

The largest and most comprehensive sled dog symposium in the U.S. announces that the theater presentations at this year’s symposium will again be streamed on the Internet. The link to listen to the stream will be posted at www.sleddog.org shortly before the symposium begins. Once there, click on the “listen”…

The U.S. Postal Service showed the public the new Alaska statehood stamp Wednesday. The photo on the stamp is by long time official Iditarod and Alaska photographer Jeff Schultz, and shows popular Willow, Alaska dog musher DeeDee Jonrowe with her team mushing under the Alaska Range. The stamp will be…

Internet voters name Lance Mackey toughest athlete, beats out Lance Armstrong, Muhammed Ali, and Mike Tyson, among others.Check out the full story, and see his Versus interview here:http://campain08.versus.com/toughest.php

Preparing to export a dog can be very time consuming and frustrating but with a little research and attention to detail the dog can be under way without a hitch. The most basic international trip will require a domestic health certificate completed within 10 days of flying and an international…

This is a review of the top utility snowmobiles on the market as of March 2007. There has been a huge void in the utility snowmobile market since 1995 when the Ski-doo dual-track Alpine was discontinued. Since that time there have been various wide track snowmobiles manufactured and one dual-track…

Any dog team can run in a fan hitch—or so they say. Having admired the fluid movement of a team running in an evenly spread out fan more than once we finally decided it’s time to try it for ourselves. We gathered all the rope we could find around the…

#1. The media review in the Sept/Oct 2008 issue of Mushing Magazine did not include information on where to find Michelle Phillips’ excellent book: “1000 Mile Sled Dog Journal, My Yukon Quest Story” Books can be purchased from either the Yukon Quest store at www.yukonqueststore.com or they can be obtained…

IPSSSDR offers $500 Gas Stipend, and pays out cash in musher support program Four Ways to Win Cash:Musher Support Program ($80,000 in winnings)Gas Stipend $500Day MoneyOverall Earnings Jackson, Wyoming—August 24, 2008—The 2009 International Pedigree Stage Stop Sled Dog Race (IPSSSDR), has announced that it is cutting the field from 30…

Lance talks about his famous lead dog Zorro, and the circumstances that led up to his career ending accident involving a drunk snowmachiner during the 2008 All Alaska Sweepstakes.Special thanks to the Willow Dog Mushers Symposium, they held a fantastic 1st time event. Mushing Magazine looks forward to going back…