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It seems dog mushing has once again popped up where we least expected it,in beautiful, sunny and, most importantly, hot Jamaica.The new documentary, “Sun Dogs,” features the fledgling Jamaican Dogsled Team that includes a couple of ragtag mushers and their brood of unwanted mongrels.Danny Melville, founder of the Jamaican team…

Written by Brad Herzog, Illustrated by Melanie RosePublished by Sleeping Bear Press, Review by Jillian RogersExtreme is a word thrown around a lot these days. From extreme sports drinks and car parts, to extreme music and, yes, even extreme scooters. Just Google the word and you’ll see what I’m talking…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:This is a topic that I want to address because it is relatively common and is easily missed in the environment of a typical sled dog kennel. If the early signs are missed, the disease can progress from an issue easily resolved…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:Part of the mystique of the trapper is the lonely life—a strange draw to the North that defines the adventurer. A month or two or a winter on the trap line, removed from all communication, and bounded by the limitless expanse of…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:SCHOOL OF FISHAs I looked down into the icy waters of the Bering Sea, only 15 miles from the Russian border, I could see a dark form rising from the depths. The winch pulling in the line strained against the huge fish…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:Analogies between Mushing and other sporting endeavors are interesting and entertaining to make. One sport in particular, cycling, made huge leaps in performance when available technology was used for monitoring physiological systems and power output. For almost a decade, Don Cadwell has…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:About seven years ago, standing at the start line of the Sandwich Notch 60 sled dog race in New Hampshire with a broken stanchion and a disconnected handlebar, Alex Murphy thought there had to be a better way. Or better yet, a…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing MagazinePaul Gebhardt, the perennial Iditarod front-runner, is the subject of our interview about sled dogs and long distance strategy. Gebhardt is a name race pundits recognize—he has raced the Iditarod eleven times and put $318,020.18 in his pocket, which is a good…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:In the July/August 2006 issue of Mushing Magazine, I introduced to you the first winter of my solo dogsled expedition on the arctic slope of Alaska. To recap, “Retracing Leffingwell,” is a multi-year expedition to commemorate the “forgotten explorer,” Ernest De Koven…

Featured in the Sept/Oct 2007 Issue of Mushing Magazine:In 2001, I turned my life around. Prior to then I was a Franklin planner person. If I said “No, I can’t go,” that was final. Now, that I try my best to live God’s will, my yes is sometimes a no,…