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Originally Posted by otter
I don't think I could do justice to the title of being a "musher" Nolie and I worked with a musher winter before last to try and see if we could get her pulling. Nolie did pretty well when matched up with a lead dog, got me hooked on the idea anyways!. Last winter we didn't get out with a sled at all but I made my own kicksled and we played around with that. I've also tried skijoring but i'm horrible on skis and Nolie didn't pull well enough to keep me from falling over all the time . Maybe i'd have to qualify as a "wanna be musher"!
I like to think that there is mushing in my blood... my cousin (who unfortunately i've never met, never even talked to!) has run the iditarod with her purebred Siberian huskies (North Wapiti Kennels) so I like to think I could do it
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We all start out as wanna be's somewhere along the way. I started with a great dane pulling my daughter on a GT snowracer and it snowballed from there. I've tried skijoring but I'm not good enough on cross country skis, downhill were always more my thing. My daughter skijors though. You ever do any dryland? Bikejoring or scootering? I didn't this spring but once the cool weather comes in the fall I'll get back into that and start putting some miles on the dogs before the snow comes. Hey, have you ever heard of Bonnie Tanguay? (I think that's the spelling) She does mid-distance with a team of goldens. I think she competes in the Can-Am each year, not sure if she runs the 30 or the 60.
I don't know your cousin but I've certainly heard of her
Oh, something else you might find interesting...In late December (between Christmas and New Year's) there's a mushing training camp near Bancroft. Mushers come from all over the place...Ontario, Quebec, the US for a few days or the better part of a week and run trails there. It's very informal, no schedule, no clinics or lessons or anything people just go out whenever, where ever...there are different trails, different distances and it's a great time socializing with other people with similar interests. It doesn't matter if you're a newbie, skijorer, sprinter or into distance. Everyone is welcome and it's so much fun. And the food is great! It's held at a hunt camp, rustic but nice set up. Big kitchen area with a wood cookstove and a propane one too. Hand pump etc. Sitting area with a fire place, bunk room with another fire place and a sauna down the back.