Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
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Mush, Mush (Dog Sled and other "Manly" Sports)
1.) So we did not have a dog sled racing thread. Now we do.
2.) We can add timber sports to this one (my nephew joined the timber sports club at U of Vermont, look forward to hearing about log rolling and chainsaw racing, and stuff with axes).
3.) Is it weird that I knew all of the mushers mentioned in the article? (Dallas Seavey was in Ultimate Survival Alaska..which was a fun, and maybe rigged, reality game show).
4.) There are some crazy stories of moose-musher interactions
5.) I like there is rule that they have to gut the moose if you kill one during the race
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39 ... g-iditarod
2.) We can add timber sports to this one (my nephew joined the timber sports club at U of Vermont, look forward to hearing about log rolling and chainsaw racing, and stuff with axes).
3.) Is it weird that I knew all of the mushers mentioned in the article? (Dallas Seavey was in Ultimate Survival Alaska..which was a fun, and maybe rigged, reality game show).
4.) There are some crazy stories of moose-musher interactions
5.) I like there is rule that they have to gut the moose if you kill one during the race
https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/39 ... g-iditarod
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I'll just point out that the only dog sled racer I follow on twitter is a woman.
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And everyone else has to stop and help you gut the moose. And the guy before him had to punch the same moose in the head. And the other teams had to ride over the moose with dogs and sleds... Didn't know they couldn't deviate from path. Guy didn't want to stop because he thought the dogs would eat the moose.
Things a little different in Alaska. When are we gonna give that back to its rightful owner.
Things a little different in Alaska. When are we gonna give that back to its rightful owner.
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A few years back during the first pandemic summer I used to watch the shit out of the Stihl Timbersports championships while I was working. That stuff was great. There’s a LumberJill from Chadds Ford, PA (Philly suburbs) who’s the best in the world. Easy on the eyes too:
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I got to see a moose (bull) from about 20 yards away while in RMNP and... Can confirm... Very large!
A group of about 10 of us were taking pics from around 60 yards away and he decided he would like to occupy the spot we were in. We kept backing up and he kept on hoofing it towards, albeit in a non threatening way. I still felt like we should've bugged out more quickly but also looked around and realized I could out run the bulk of this group, so... Worth it!
(Not really kidding.)
A group of about 10 of us were taking pics from around 60 yards away and he decided he would like to occupy the spot we were in. We kept backing up and he kept on hoofing it towards, albeit in a non threatening way. I still felt like we should've bugged out more quickly but also looked around and realized I could out run the bulk of this group, so... Worth it!
(Not really kidding.)
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We had a dog sled team when I was a kid. Recreational at most (we only had 10 dogs max) though I did the kid and mutt at the Alpo races when they were in Lake Placid.
Loved when ESPN used to have filler of the Lumberjack games rather than some other sponsored talking head show.
Loved when ESPN used to have filler of the Lumberjack games rather than some other sponsored talking head show.
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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How I have I been here for 19 years and this is the first time I'm hearing this? That's awesome! My parents had a Samoyed when I was born that lived up to the "babysitter dog" reputation and briefly had a Siberian Husky when I was 3, so I have a deep love of the breeds.
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We had a couple of Samoyeds, but mostly Husky/Malmute mixes. Most were "rescues" from idiots that got then couldn't handle dogs that weigh as much as a husky 10-year-old. My mom still has one, a 120 lbs Malmute that loves "his" kitten (the Siamese we got my mom a few years ago) and any temperature under 30 as that thing has a friggin pelt.The Sybian wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:51 am
How I have I been here for 19 years and this is the first time I'm hearing this? That's awesome! My parents had a Samoyed when I was born that lived up to the "babysitter dog" reputation and briefly had a Siberian Husky when I was 3, so I have a deep love of the breeds.
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!!! yeah echoing Sybian here - tell more! what do you mean by "we" - your family? school? club? this is so cool and unique - Rush you've got a story here!
Rush2112 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:20 am We had a dog sled team when I was a kid. Recreational at most (we only had 10 dogs max) though I did the kid and mutt at the Alpo races when they were in Lake Placid.
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When see those breeds south of, say, the Arctic Circle, I'm always worried about their quality of life in non-winter months.
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We as in family. my mom's partner has always been fascinated with the Arctic, etc. When I was 7 or 8 we got two Husky-Malamute puppies we used to have pull us on skis (skijoring.) My mom's partner then had some friends who knew someone who had a Husky that needed rescuing from a bad owner and then 3 dogs turned into more and more(they didn't have 9 or 10 until I had moved in with my dad so not sure exactly what the max was.)MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:13 pm !!! yeah echoing Sybian here - tell more! what do you mean by "we" - your family? school? club? this is so cool and unique - Rush you've got a story here!
Some big wig in Alpo used to have a camp in the ADK so the Alpo dog races were in a little shit hamlet past Saranac Lake, we used to go and volunteer and my mom's partner got a great deal on a sled and I learned how to ride behind a couple of dogs, did the kid and mutt was a pre-teen. Fun little race over like 100 feet or so. High hilarity.
Here's some exciting footage of one of the Alpo races a few years later:
Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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Pretty damn cool and to mention like it's normal even better. Oh yeah... I grew up tending a husky dog kennel and competed in sled races. Just a Tuesday
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This is fantastic.Rush2112 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 4:27 pmWe as in family. my mom's partner has always been fascinated with the Arctic, etc. When I was 7 or 8 we got two Husky-Malamute puppies we used to have pull us on skis (skijoring.) My mom's partner then had some friends who knew someone who had a Husky that needed rescuing from a bad owner and then 3 dogs turned into more and more(they didn't have 9 or 10 until I had moved in with my dad so not sure exactly what the max was.)MaxWebster wrote: ↑Tue Mar 05, 2024 1:13 pm !!! yeah echoing Sybian here - tell more! what do you mean by "we" - your family? school? club? this is so cool and unique - Rush you've got a story here!
Some big wig in Alpo used to have a camp in the ADK so the Alpo dog races were in a little shit hamlet past Saranac Lake, we used to go and volunteer and my mom's partner got a great deal on a sled and I learned how to ride behind a couple of dogs, did the kid and mutt was a pre-teen. Fun little race over like 100 feet or so. High hilarity.
Here's some exciting footage of one of the Alpo races a few years later:
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I read this book many years ago, written by a newbie musher who entered the Iditarod.
It's a great read. The guy was so green that he was easily the odds on favorite to die during the race.
ETA: smaller image
It's a great read. The guy was so green that he was easily the odds on favorite to die during the race.
ETA: smaller image
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Jae (my mom's partner) is still wickedly into sledding/the Iditarod and Yukon Quest (the quest is smaller field, but a harder race) and has met a whole bunch of the modern "classic" mushers. I haven't really been that into it since I was a teen, but listen to her stories and I do have a sweet-ass super-fleece vest from some race. Have to dig it out. It's unwearable unless it's -20 and you need layers.
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Did you see that ludicrous display last night?
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fyi for others, that's the same moose/musher as the original story
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I think it's great that Rush was like..."I know the perfect place for this story! So wild that thread just got started!"
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My school blocks like 98% of the Internet so I can't follow many links, and I've taken to glossing over many WLU posts... I forwarded that to Max and he was like "HOLY SHIT what a coincidence" as well, anyway get Keg in here with the DPP lights.
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your school blocks espn's website????
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My work blocks yahoo sports. (but it's mainly a function of blocking all personal email sites)
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Yes, the outside IT guy is a knob. We're K-8 with kids having their own computers they're supposed to be working on classwork throughout the day, so everything non-academic and known is blocked. The staff gets everything blocked as well. We can get our Gmail (we're on Gmail as a school, but I couldn't check the LinkedIn message that an old coworker sent me for instance.)
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you brought the topic up!
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So just learned my neighbor is involved with adopting retired sled dogs. https://www.blackbearsleddog.com/index.cfm#clients.
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First ...great dog name..2nd love the story
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Free Blowhole!!!wlu_lax6 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 10:26 am First ...great dog name..2nd love the story
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