Mushing Magazine writer Ron Koczaja to give video slideshow November 13th, 2007
The Alaska Alpine Club has organized an evening with Ron Koczaja who will share a 40 Minute iMovie about his summer peak bagging in the Peruvian Andes. This free show will be on Tuesday November 13th at 7PM at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Schaible Auditorium. Ron may also show…
New Don Bowers Memorial Junior Race
This season, the annual Don Bowers Memorial Sleddog Race (DBMR), a 200 and 300 mile distance event held in Willow, Alaska will feature a race within a race. The first annual DBMR Junior 100 event will start at the same time as the adult race, but will have its own…
MUSA Nominates Mushers for IFSS Dryland World Championships
Mushing USA (MUSA), the United States governing body of sled dog sports, has selected two mushers to represent the USA at the IFSS (International Federation of Sleddog Sports) Dryland World Championships in Piandelagotti, Italy, November 17-18, 2007. Amy Cooper of Holmen, Wisconsin, will compete in the Women’s Bikejoring, and Ed…
First annual event introduces new competitors to the world of dog-powered sports
Participants taut it as competitive, yet welcoming The first annual Run Dawg Run Festival recently held at the Olympic Sports Complex at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid, New York was a huge success despite one day of inclement weather.Organizers Sara Vanderwood of the Down East Sled Dog Club and Jason…
10TH ANNUAL ITALIAN DRYLAND RACES AND MUSHING TRADE FAIR IN TARVISIO, ITALY
Two big sled dog events were held the weekend of September 22-23rd in Italy this Fall. The events were held in the wonderful natural amphitheatre of the Fusine Lakes Plains, at the foot of Mount Mangart. This is also the same area where the European Sprint Championships of 2006 were…
BEGINNERS: TRAINING LEAD DOGS LEE FISHBACK’S WAY
“Gee, gee, gee. No! Pompey, Frank, GEE!” Yelling didn’t help. It seemed like neither of my two lead dogs had heard such a thing as a command before.Here we were, in the middle of a delta crossing in 8″ deep overflow and my leaders had decided enough of this we…
STEP BY STEP WITH WES RAU: PRE-SEASON CHECKUP
This is the time of year when we all have a great opportunity to get a jump on our team by doing our own pre-season physicals on our dogs.A lot of kennels have started training in August and some are just into it by a month or two. We have…
SLED RX: THE ART OF TYING SLEDS
One of the most requested subjects from people building their own sleds is that of how to tie them together.The knots and techniques are simple enough, but what is difficult to convey on the printed page is the tension needed in certain situations. In this issue I will write about…
INTERVIEW: MELLISA OWENS: 2008 SEPPALA HERITAGE GRANT WINNER
Melissa Owens, 4-time Jr. Iditarod f inisher and 2005 Champ, has already signed up to race the 2008 “Adult” Iditarod. She will turn 18 just 12 days prior to the start of that race. Melissa has also run the Junior Quest, finishing in 1st place, but “off icially” placing 4th…
MEDIA REVIEW: INTO THE WILD: MUCH HYPE, BUT MISSED THE POINT
There has been a lot of publicity lately over Chris McCandless, a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp, a.k.a that overzealous Cheechako who died in an abandoned bus near Healy, Alaska, more than 15 years ago.In September, the big-budget movie ‘Into the Wild,’ directed by Sean Penn, was released first in Fairbanks, and then…