Burke Mountain, Vermont to Host Sled Dog Dash!
Do you like to run your 4 legged friends on great trails and have the opportunity to win cash while doing it? Yes…it is that time of year again and the Burke Mountain Sled Dog Dash wants you!The third annual Burke Mountain Sled Dog Dash will be held this coming…
Rondy Preview Video
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SUPERDOGS: RAMEY SMYTH
Phoenix – Female, 50 lbs. Age 13½. Leader. Retired since 2007. (Newt x Legs) She is by far the best dog I have ever run. Phoenix finished her first Iditarod at 3½ and then finished 8 consecutive top 20 Iditarods in lead every time. She has 4 Last Chance Sweepstakes…
SLED RX: METAL RUNNERS: PART 2
This is the second of a series of articles about the use of metal runners in sled construction. In this issue I will talk a bit about choices for connecting your stanchions to the runners and the types of materials used to construct them.This is the second of a series…
MEDIA REVIEW: LEAD FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY! PART 2
Unconventional secrets of an Alaskan Iditarod ChampionMushing Magazine is happy to be the first to give readers an inside glance at Mitch Seavey’s new book: Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way! The book covers everything from dog training to nutrition to mental toughness – all relayed in Mitch’s…
ARCTIC TRAVELER: MALAMUTE WHEEL DOGS
Years ago, on a remote island in South East Alaska I had the opportunity to work in a logging camp. Holy smokes, those loggers were tougher than wolverines! They loved hard work, and were always upbeat and full of character. I often reflect back to those loggers when my wheel…
SLED DOGS AND RESCUED KIDS: THE STORY OF MEDICINEDOGS
In 1989 a notion took place in my mind, a notion that had been brewing for quite some time. It had to do with kids and dogs and healing hearts, minds and souls. It had to do with putting something back together that had been torn apart… And about the…
INTERVIEW: EMIL INAUEN: MOUNTAIN CLIMBER TURNED MUSHER
Mountain Climber Turned MusherWith a second place in last year’s La Grande Odyssee in France, Swiss musher Emil Inauen has sights set on that race and the Wyoming Stage Stop Sled Dog Race this year.Emil Inauen started working with sled dogs in 1991 in Canada where he was working for…
THE REAL COST OF RUNNING THE IDITAROD AND YUKON QUEST
I am told that it costs $20,000 plus to run the Iditarod, and 10-$12,000 to run the Yukon Quest. What are the real costs of the Quest and the Iditarod and where do we spend it? Here they are; in way everyone can understand. All costs were determined using the…
SCHEDULES: RUNNING AND RESTING DURING LONG DISTANCE RACING
Schedules. Everybody has them. We get up, we eat breakfast, we go to work. No. Wait. Not when you are running the Iditarod. There you will likely miss breakfast and are already up… Still, we must have a schedule. Lance Mackey’s schedule, Martin Buser’s, Doug Swingley’s or one all your…