SUPERDOGS: JOEE REDINGTON
Joee Redington knows sled dogs. Competitively racing since the early 1960’s, Joee has won the Rondy and also raced the Iditarod. A Joee Redington team raced by Michi Konno won the Open North American Championship in 1998. Joee’s team this year is comprised mostly of Alaskan Huskies with little or…
HENDRICKS TAKES SHEEP MOUNTAIN 150
SHEEP MOUNTAIN — A four-time Iditarod champion and a three-time Yukon Quest winner were no match for Two Rivers’dog musher Jessica Hendricks at the 2008 Sheep Mountain 150 Sled Dog Race.The 26-year-old Iditarod veteran won the race with a total running time of 12 hours, 52 minutes, beating out Allen…
ARCTIC TRAVELER: ADVERSITIES AND TRIUMPHS IN THE ARCTIC
Last October I was invited to speak at the International Sled Dog Symposium in Fairbanks, Alaska. I had a great time sharing my experiences and photos with the audience. Everyone asked me a variety of excellent questions, but one gentleman, none other than Mushing Magazine’s publisher Greg Sellentin, asked me…
BEGINNER BASICS: STARTER STORIES FOR THE NEW MUSHER
When Mushing editor Greg Sellentin asked us to write a series of stories for novice mushers, I hesitated. Miki and I had not been rookies in over 30 years.Then I started thinking about how much fun we had back in the mid-1970s when we started mushing. I thought about that…
TRAPS AND SNARES: HIDDEN DANGERS ON THE TRAIL
Every year many dogs fall victim to traps and snares in the state of Alaska but this year trapping accidents are on the rise. Many dog owners are voicing their concerns and sharing their stories with local newspapers but are still left wondering what they can do to keep their…
MY DARKEST HOUR
On November 19th, 2008 I set out with my colleague, pediatrician Dr. Roger Gollub, for a short dog sled ride outside of Kotzebue.He was very excited to get to go on a dog sled and had been telling his young patients about the ride for two days. I’ve been running…
IFSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: DAAQUAM, QUEBEC 2009
Saint Just-de-Bretenieres, Quebec. These days, getting on a plane and assuming your checked luggage arrives at your destination the same day and time is a leap of faith.So imagine trusting the fate and wellbeing of world-class sled dogs to the uncertainty of modern day air travel.For many of the more…
PIRENA 2009: THE WHITE ROUTE
38 teams, 500 dogs from 9 different countries, with the spectacular Pyrenees as the back drop, what more could you want? This is ‘La Pirena.’ Born in the mind of Pep Parès, this truly epic test of musher and dogs is in its nineteenth year. The mountains had seen the…
LA GRANDE ODYSSEE 2009
It could start like a joke. A Czech, a Swiss and a bunch of Norvegians are in the Alps…Since the first edition of the race, 5 years ago, La Grande Odyssée has always been full of suspense, emotion and great times of mushing. But never it has been so tight…
La Grande Odyssee Pics
Check out these great images from La Grande Odyssee distance stage race in France.www.labelphoto.fr