Location: Quesnel, BC, Canada
Occupation: Backcountry operator and dog musher
Next Race: Hopefully, hopefully should be the Yukon Quest cause that’s typically fairly early into the season, typically fairly early into the season. And next adventure, next adventure would be moving our kennel up to the Yukon for the winter time.
Robert had the pleasure to sit down, virtually with Greg and his partner Jenn and get a bunch of interview content and one piece was the Q & A.
Did you know that Greg is currently reading the classic, Winterdance, he is a fan of the song would be Hail the Villain, Take Back the Fear.
And the gear he always carries with him, no matter what? “A dog snap!”
Socials: Wildland Racing Kennel
Iditarod. 100%.
Alaska.
People chewing with their mouth open.
One thing I cannot live without is I cannot live without coffee in the morning.
The greatest advice I ever got was turned out into fuel.
A Danler sled.
The European open. It’s a little bit of an older sled. I would say half is because of my sprinting background, so especially for the small team stuff, it’s a little more nimble. and it’s just a sled that I know.
I am going say not trusting my gut with decisions.
That if something feels wrong, it probably is.
I would say the financial cost of it all. So from my understanding, typically now to run my Iditarod, you’re looking like $30,000. And that does not include obviously dogs and everything else. So that’s just getting there.
The best advice for young mushers is don’t be afraid to look stupid.
We’ve all been there, right? Ask the questions. There’s people that I’ve worked with that it’s there. I’m to use Jen as an example there, you know, her first time doing it. Hey, is this the proper way to do a harness? To ask the questions.
Happiness is everything.
I would probably say us starting our kennel to be honest. I am the reason like that’s an adventure is because we’re kind of doing everything as it, as it comes. And even though people can like kind of tell it and like help guide you, you’re, you’re making all those final decisions. So it’s kind of that adventure along the way.
What scares me the most? Leeches. I’m so freaking scared of leeches. There was a movie from my childhood that leeches ended up like all over this kid. And ever since then, leeches and I are not friends whatsoever.
Pop Tarts.
I also heard turnovers are really good. They freeze well. You can eat them frozen and they’re not a big deal.
Your connection with the dogs. Because that’s my opinion that’s why we all do it.
We do it for the dogs and the connection we get to have with them.
Drive through the Yukon in a two-wheel drive vehicle through the mountains.
