#dog mushing

[akdogdriver]

More Dallas & his leaders in Nome

#iditarod #dallas seavey #dog mushing #the last great race #working dogs #sled dogs #alaska #iditarod 2024

[sea-salted-wolverine]

In honor of the moose/Iditarod rule 34 chaos post reaching 1000 notes and then Dallas Seavy winning the Iditarod here are all the unhinged stories and things I know about that race

They changed the rules and schedules so you can't do this anymore, but there was a subset of mushers who would race the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod back to back. That's a 1000-mile race followed by another 1000-mile race through some of the harshest terrain on earth in late winter. And the Yukon quest doesn't even finish where the Iditarod starts. To do this required putting dogs in a plane OR having another team of dogs waiting in anchorage and someone to deal with both teams of dogs.

The first woman to win the Iditarod was Libby Riddles in 1985.

Only to have her finish promptly blown out of the water by Susan Butcher who won the race in 86', 87', 88', and 90' while setting speed records the whole way.

Susan did race in 85' but she ran into a moose early and it killed two of her dogs and hurt the rest so she scratched. Dallas got lucky this year.

She was also the first person to mush a dog team up to the summit of Denali, the tallest mountain in North America. This is not what dog teams are intended to do, I don't know why she even wanted to, other than to prove it was possible. I don't think anyone has since.

The race now requires GPS trackers on all the racers and you would not believe the bitchfit everyone threw over those. Mushers can either hop between checkpoints or camp on the trail and it may surprise you to learn that these are the kind of people who have secret camp spots in the woods that they don't want anyone to know about. So now, everyone has acquiesced to the tracker requirement but you must have an account on the race website if you want to see them.

The race has 2 paths that alternate even and odd years with different checkpoints but every year includes a section of race that crosses the sea ice, approximately 50 miles from Shaktoolik to Koyuk. so forget landmarks. point the sled north and hope you're going the right way.

the race is in honor of the 1925 Serum Run and the diphtheria outbreak, but the trail itself is the old freight route which is almost twice the length. also, it's a freight route for hauling freight which means the the racers are going at more or less lightspeed as compared to the intended use.

the most effective way to avoid frostbite on your face is a fur hood and duct tape on your cheeks and nose. Cold-related injuries are rare but far from unheard of. The average number of toes and fingertips among mushers is lower than that of the general population.

The finish line is a massive burled arch in the middle of main street in Nome. There is not a lot going on in Nome at any given time and this time of year is the exception. Every racer who finishes the race gets the same reception, which is everyone in town crowding into the finish chute to cheer them on and the city fire siren going off. The last racer in gets the Red Lantern Award which means that they finished dead last but didn't scratch.

the 2020 race had started and was fully underway when the pandemic lockdowns came into place. as far as social distancing goes, you really can't do much better than being isolated 100 miles into the middle of frozen nowhere but the checkpoints are itty bitty villages with no medical infrastructure and the finish was reportedly terrifying because instead of a crowd to cheer at the burled arch, it was just the siren going off in a ghost town.

there is no way I can tell this story that doesn't sound like I'm making it up as I go. The sign says no sniveling and they fucking mean it.

no really, click that link. here's the YouTube vid (non-graphic, after-the-fact interviews)

#from the far north #wolverine warbles #iditarod #dog mushing #alaska

[darkwood-sleddog]

i do thing it's mighty rich of that recent documentary on joe henderson to call him the "last arctic explorer" in relation to how he works his dogs when there are plenty of indigenous arctic mushers working their dogs in the traditional way without peddling inaccurate and often harmful breed mythology but that's just me.

#dogblr #dog mushing #sled dogs #like if you mean 'last arctic explorer' in the 'this white person is doing a warped version of an indigenous cultural touchstone' sure. #your quarterly reminder that joe henderson peddles inaccurate breed myths that talk about indigenous people as if they are past tense #and has had multiple controversies within the breed community #about his bad pedigree keeping and puppy health #anyways. #i'm just sick of joe acting like he's doing something lost to time when purposeful freight mushing is still done in indigenous communities #especially in canada and greenland #like oh wow i wonder why you a white person had more access to these sorts of dogs #is it because they weren't culled from your community?? is that why?

[edge--effects]

Ryan and Pete Coming Across the Sea Ice Tonight

March 12, 2023 10:30 pm

#not my photos! i just felt the need to share my screenshots of some iditarod insider videographer’s beautiful work #iditarod #iditarod51 #iditarod2023 #alaska #dog mushing #dog sledding

[tonichelleak]

Iditarod fanboy from a very early age turned Iditarod Rookie, Hunter Keefe and team at the Ceremonial and Restart of Iditarod 51. Hunter would win the Sportsmanship award at the end of the race, voted on by his fellow mushers, for helping out his main competitor for Rookie of the Year as well as for his infectiously positive attitude during the entire race (he was singing and dancing on the back of his sled for nearly 1000 miles).

#hunter keefe #iditarod #iditarod 51 #iditarod 2023 #iditarod51 #iditarod2023 #mushing #dog mushing #dog sledding #sled dogs #alaska #alaska sports #dog sports #winter sports #sports photography #sport photography #dog photography #alaska photography #alaskan husky #huskies #mush love dogs #just mush #peta can suck it #peta is disgusting #peta kills #yes i took these pictures #photography by antonia

[petnews2day]

Remy Coste wins Minto Spring Carnival sled dog race | Local

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Remy Coste wins Minto Spring Carnival sled dog race | Local

The annual Minto Spring Carnival championship sled dog race took place over the weekend, serving as one of the final races of the season. Remy Coste, a Frenchman who lives in Sweden and has been competing in the U.S. throughout the winter, won the two-day event. Coste finished runner-up at the Open North American Championships […]

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#alaskan husky #dog mushing #minto #minto spring carnival #sled dogs #Dog News

[triplesaturn]

DALLAS SEAVEY FINISHES 1st. (source)

#iditarod #iditarod 2024 #Dallas seavey #dog mushing #mushing #dog sled #dog sledding #dogblr #dog

[askeataiho]

la Grande Odyssée always looks so fun 😍

#la Grande Odyssée #dog mushing #sled dogs

[teddiemush]

my sweet lil grandpa <333

#actually autistic #autistic adult #mush posts #plushies #stuffed animals #autistic #comfort plush #stuffies #jellycats #jellycat #jellycat dog #dog plush #puppycore #cottagecore #comfort plushie #kidcore #stuffed animal

[adabear]

And we're back folks!

#mush crush #laika #coach brave #furry #lesbian #yuri dog sledding anime

[akdogdriver]

Congrats Dallas Seavey & team

...despite receiving a two hour time penalty from race officials determined to keep him from breaking Rick Swenson's record, he still pulls off a record 6th win.

#iditarod #alaska #the last great race #dallas seavey #dog mushing #sled dogs #working dogs

[naycelium]

A Festive Morel for my silly wife @chaireepi! ❤️🐕 🎄

#nay draws #morel #chaireepi #love the funny mush dog (0:

[darkwood-sleddog]

Do sledding races have upper or lower limits for the number of dogs in a team?

Yes!

In many shorter sprint distance races for example you'll see different classes that determine both the general distance and number of dogs allowed. These are often 1-2 dog skijor, 2 dog sled, 4 dog sled, 6 dog sled, 8 dog sled, 10 dog sled and open/unlimited class sled (10+ dogs).

Dryland will also have their own specific classes such as women's canicross, men's canicross, 1 dog bikejor, 1 dog scooter, 2 dog bikejor, 2 dog scooter, 4 dog rig, 6 dog rig, etc. Longer distance races have less options for small teams since these expedition style races require a lot more dog power and ability to drop dogs at checkpoints for their health and well being. While their classes are more to do with the specific distance run, Iditarod for example requires a minimum of 12 dogs at the start (you can have a maximum of 16 dogs at the start) and you cannot drop below 5 dogs total. (Now iditarod and other long distances races have a significant barrier to entry such as other qualifying races and a uh...hefty entry fee, but that's another story).

You'll also see races specific to the types of dogs may be entered. All breed for example is any breed of dog and this is where you see the most competition because it's where the Alaskan Huskies, GSPs and Eurohounds compete. Registered breed competitions in North America are often only Siberian Huskies, but competitions in Europe, such as Polardistans, have specific classes for Siberians, Malamutes, Greenland Dogs, and Samoyeds depending on the breed makeup and purpose (freighting breeds have to carry a specific amount of weight per dog that is different than the weights required by lighter breeds). Longer distance races sometimes, but not always, limit the type of dogs allowed to race. Iditarod only allows husky type dogs with the appropriate coat to survive in arctic conditions (teams of standard poodles have finished the Iditarod 4 times prior to this rule change however and spaniel type dogs have run in the Can-Am).

#dogblr #faq #dog mushing #sled dogs #in europe you'll see some more pulka related stuff but it's uncommon here #i have seen example 1 in person #i wish there were more malamute specific competition opportunities here that weren't sprint distance or weight pull centric #mostly bc my dogs don't settle into harness until like mile three lmao

[charminglyantiquated]

So, I’m seriously looking into getting into tall ship sailing (waiting on follow-up from an interview rn) and I’m wondering for getting into it more long-term -

what do people do after sailing tall ships? Like, it’s a pretty physical job, and I’d assume there’s a point where your joints just can’t keep up with it.

Are there other jobs in the industry that people move to? I’m not really keen on the idea of moving up in the ship’s hierarchy- admin and being someone’s boss both aren’t really my thing. Do people retrain in completely different careers? Go back to whatever they were doing before they started sailing?

Anyway, I know your sample size might not be super large so I’d appreciate anything. Thanks a bunch!

This is hard to answer directly - on the one hand sailing tall ships is such a niche industry that there are limited pathways for straightforward advancement. But on the other hand, it overlaps with such a large number of other industries, and requires such a jack of all trades skillset - tourism, carpentry, history and preservation, hospitality, marine electronics, etc. etc. etc. - that there's a lot of ways forward for what I guess I'd call lateral advancement: moving to another job which uses most of the same skills. So there's no one answer, but if it helps, here's some things my tall ship deckhand friends have ended up doing, after no longer deckhanding tallships:

Get a captain's license and keep sailing. Captains often have it a bit easier physically (balanced out by the mental stress lol), and are paid better. Owning your own boat is optional; plenty of companies hire captains by the season to sail the boat, while the management of the company is dealt with by the actual owners. (This is what I did! I don't have the sail-hauling arms I did as a deckhand, but my knees and bank account are both in better shape).

Bosun, first mate, engineer, some other specialized non-captain crew member, usually involves licensing or other education that's useful down the road if you switch to an adjacent career

Racing yachts

Captain for hire on private vessels

Outward bound guide, other wilderness education programs

Harbor cruises, lobster tour guides, and other motor-powered tourist boats, both as captain and as crew - you have the patter and the safety skills but you don't want to deal with the hassle of sails

Water taxis, ferries and other passenger vessels

Lobstering, fishing, aquaculture, tugboats, other non-tourist waterfront industries

Marine surveyor, marine electrician, other specialized technician

Working in a shipyard - good fit for all the fit-out skills of sanding, painting, varnishing, covering and uncovering the boat

Cruise ship hostess

Train conductor (the passion for the early 1900s carried over well)

Working at a a museum focused on local maritime history

Tour guide for local buses, walking tours, etc

Boatbuilder (IYRS, Wooden Boat School)

Teaching the captain's license courses (nota bene: there were obviously some other steps between deckhand and teacher, notably ten years of being a captain in between. But this is what they settled into when they decided sailing was too physically taxing, so I want to include it).

Carpentry, house painting

Designing and selling custom made van-homes (apart from the technical skills, living on board a ship helps familiarize making use of every square inch of space)

Sailmaker

Of course there's other friends who went on to try something completely new and unrelated - I think because so many of the people who start sailing tall ships are here for something completely new in the first place, that's not an intimidating prospect so much as an exciting one. But many of them did make use of tall ship skills even when moving on from tall ships, so I hope the above list is helpful in giving a broad sense of what can follow!

#schooner bum life #i am probably forgetting some tbh #for fun. some unrelated post-sailing jobs: #artist #dog mushing in alaska #cheese making #sword maker #chocolatier #orchestra conductor #model #looking at that i think there's probably also something to be said for the confidence it takes #to pursue something you find interesting #even if it means starting from scratch #the same leap of faith that gets you on a tall ship can take you somewhere else

[tonichelleak]

Peter Kaiser at the Ceremonial and ReStarts of Iditarod 51. 

#iditarod #iditarod 51 #iditarod 2023 #peter kaiser #pete kaiser #sled dogs #mushing #musher #dog sledding #dog mushing #kaiser racing team #alaska sports #dog sports #winter sports #photography by antonia #yes i took these photos #just mush #mush love dogs

[petnews2day]

Fur Rondy rookies rule at 2024 Open World Championship sled dog races

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Fur Rondy rookies rule at 2024 Open World Championship sled dog races

Wyoming rookie Jessica Moore and her team lead Canadian rookie Charlie Conner past Goose Lake on the first day of the Fur Rondy Open World Championship sled dog race on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024 in downtown Anchorage. (Loren Holmes / ADN) Growing up in a mushing family, Charlie Conner heard plenty of tales around the […]

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