Lance Mackey on staying at the top.
Lance answers a question from Mushing Magazine: “Is it harder to stay on top or to get there?”
2nd Annual Musher Trade Fair in Europe
Dr. Tim Hunt, and Jessie Royer of U.S. to attend trade fair and symposium in Germany.We want to inform you, that we have our second musher “warm-up” on 13. september 2008. this event is the biggest musher-symposium, tradefare and communication between mushers. the name is musher warm up and it…
2nd Annual Musher Trade Fair in Europe
Dr. Tim Hunt, and Jessie Royer of U.S. to attend trade fair and symposium in Germany.We want to inform you, that we have our second musher “warm-up” on 13. september 2008. this event is the biggest musher-symposium, tradefare and communication between mushers. the name is musher warm up and it…
New Dryland Race in Alaska
The Alaska Skijoring and Pulk Association (ASPA) announces the first (annual?) Dryland Race, 9am, Saturday, September 27, 2008 at the Chena Lake Flood Control Project. The race will consist of three events (not necessarily in the following order), with 2-3 classes of varying distances per event. The actual distances and…
SLED RX: FIXING YOUR SLED ON THE TRAIL
I remember sitting on stage with Hans Gatt a few years back at a sled building seminar at the annual Sled Dog Symposium in Fairbanks when someone from the audience asked what we carried in our sleds for on-the-trail sled repair. We both looked kind of sheepish when we admitted…
2007 TWO RIVERS 200: CHATANIKA CHALLENGE – A RACER’S PERSPECTIVE
The rhythm: pole, kick, pole, kick, pole, kick. My jacket was open, my hat was off, and my body was using every ounce of oxygen my lungs would supply me with. My voice called to the dogs, and my heart soared with them. They loped with flailing tongues as we…
OTHER LIVES: GARY MARKLEY
Gary Markley is an open-class sprint racer in Alaska. What most people don’t know about Gary is that in addition to his sled dog hobby, he is also an accomplished bluegrass musician, and is a commercial cargo pilot for a living. Amanda caught up with Gary in between sets at…
GEAR GUIDE: MONSTER SLED OF JEFF KING 2008
Monster: n 1 a: of abnormal form or structure, b: deviates from the norm, 2 a: a threatening forceAs we did in 2005 & 2006, we took another look at what Jeff King was up to with his sled this year. Always a tireless innovator with his gear, Jeff has…
GEAR GUIDE: TECH, GPS, PLB, SATELLITE MESSENGER
SPOT Satellite Messenger, weighing just over seven ounces and sold at U.S. $149.95 SRP, enables users to send their location and message to friends, family, or emergency responders, and to visually track the location of the SPOT Satellite Messenger through four simple functions:• Alert 9-1-1 notifies the emergency response center…
REINVENTING THE WHEEL: AN INTERVIEW WITH EQUIPMENT INNOVATOR RUSTY HAGAN
An interview with musher and sled dog equipment innovator, Rusty Hagan.GS: Hi Rusty, I’d like to talk with you about some of the ideas and inventions you have come up with over the years as far as mushing equipment is concerned. Let’s start with your involvement with sled dogs.RH: I…