ASPA To Hold Skijoring Clinic on May 23rd.
Have you always wanted to try skijoring but never got around to it last winter? Do you want extra practice on skijoring commands? Then this clinic is for you!img::kriya-skijor-08.jpg::400Kriya Dunlap skijoring at the 2008 LNAC in Fairbanks. Image by Dave Partee, www.sleddogstudio.comThe Alaska Skijoring & Pulk Association is offering its…
Spring Hiking and Backpacking with Belinda and Rudy in the Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
Two summers ago, we ran a story from Rudy Wittshirk about hiking and backpacking with your dog. Rudy and his dog Belinda explore the mountains around the Mushing Magazine offices on an almost daily basis. He sent us these images from a trip today on May 7th, 2010.img::IMG_0748.jpg::350Rudy and Belinda,…
2 IDITAROD MUSHERS TEST POSITIVE FOR MARIJUANA
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Two mushers who participated in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race have tested positive for THC, the pyschoactive compound in marijuana, race officials said Thursday.But Iditarod Trail Committee executive director Stan Hooley said a new rule calling for drug testing isn’t clear enough to allow them to…
Upcoming Feature: Mushing and Mountain Climbing with Ron Koczaja
Regular Mushing Magazine contributor Ron Koczaja is a musher and a mountain climber. Recently he combined his two passions into one trip. Here is an excerpt in Ron’s words: “The plan was to mush 50 miles up the Oolah Valley, which is the glacially carved canyon through which the Itkillik…
MUSHING MAGAZINE #134 ABOUT TO HIT YOUR MAILBOX!
Mushing Magazine #134, May/June 2010 is a wrap and on its way to you via the trusted hands of the USPS. We are really happy with this issue, and as always hope you have as much fun reading it as we did putting it together. It is chock full of…
SUPERDOGS: STREEPER KENNELS
Streeper Kennels went undefeated in 2010. Our second team finished second place (Stage Stop Wyoming), a third place (Canadian Championship 150, Yellowknife) and a fourth place (Fur Rondy).In the 2010 Fur Rondy, our kennel produced 78 dogs, racing on 6 seperate teams. Our 2 teams started with 20 dogs(Bud) and 18 dogs (Jeff King), finsishing with 16 and 14.In…
KOBUK 440
When I started thinking about running the Kobuk 440 people told me a lot about it.The amazing hospitality and food were mentioned at great length. Of course people were quick to point out that to run it means you’re pretty much doing five 90-mile runs above the Arctic Circle with…
ARCTIC TRAVELER: SNOWSHOES: AN ARCTIC TRAVELER’S BEST FRIEND
Every once in a while I see dramatic photos of the Brooks Range Mountains layered with a plush carpet of snow in a magazine or book. Heck, even some of my own photos resemble a dog musher’s paradise.Just by looking at the photos, one might get the impression that a…
2010 INTERNATIONAL PEDIGREE STAGE STOP SLED DOG RACE
It’s race day. Dozens of dogs circle the truck. Ears flop. Tails wag beneath the Rocky Mountain sky. Some dogs play. Others relieve themselves. The mood is jolly and unconcerned. Blayne Streeper starts up his snowmobile. He and his fiancee, Lina Gladh, take off toward a snow-covered field. Fifty dogs…
1909 RACE TROPHY COMES HOME
From California umbrella stand to Nome museum treasure“I was as happy as a clam, just ecstatic,” beamed Jon Van Zyle when he described opening a package that arrived from California one day after Celeste Davis collected the 2010 Iditarod Red Lantern. “It has so much meaning,” he said of what…