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Thursday, December 13, 2007
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Progress of training…
Now on 20 mile loop, we currently have 380 miles on the dogs. Tomorrow’s run will be there final local forest run this year, as we head out to Sweden Sunday :o)
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Thursday, December 13, 2007 6:39:04 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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Saturday, December 08, 2007
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Saturday, November 24, 2007
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Puppies
Almost six months old now... how time flies!
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Saturday, November 24, 2007 6:23:15 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Sunday, November 11, 2007
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Training Update
Today was the first of our 12 milers… We go 12miles again tomorrow then back to 7 until after rest… then will stick on 12 until 25th Nov!
Going up hill…
Ooh; some flat, almost...
Dam-it, more hills and steep…
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Sunday, November 11, 2007 5:25:25 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, November 09, 2007
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Winter View in Sweden
by Graham Kent (Axhandle Mountain Kennel); taken from his window this morning.
Temperature -8c (17.6f) looking good...
:o) It is now just a little over five weeks until we meet up with Graham for our three week stay at Axhandle Mountain, to get snow under dog’s feet in preparation for AT... and for me to get some sled training in... very important!
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Friday, November 09, 2007 9:30:42 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
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Sleds in from Antipode
Yesterday our sleds from Daniel Mellina and the Antipode team got delivered from France safe and sound :o) always a bonus…
Both sleds are well equipped with two snow hooks, a sled break & drag/snow mat… and collapse/fold down to a nice transportable flat pack.
Very much looking forward to giving them a blast out on the trail in Sweden……
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 9:08:06 AM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, October 29, 2007
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
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Training Update
Today we started training dogs on 7 mile loop. Will go 7 miles tomorrow, then one 4 mile before scheduled rest days; followed by 7 mile runs until around the 11th Nov, when we leap frog to 12 miles…
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Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:40:40 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Friday, October 12, 2007
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The Alpen Trail 2008
As from yesterday, entries for this very picturesque mid-distance sled dog race held in the Italian / Switzerland Alps became available.
With great enthusiasm and after prior reconsideration of entering the Pirena, I faxed my entry form today as a participant. This will be my first MD race, which is approximately 40-60 km per stage, total approx. 300 km, split into 6 stages as follows.
January 12/13th Lü –S-charl, Val Müstair/Switzerland
January 15/16th Prags - Cortina / Italy
January 18/19th Sexten / Italy
This will also be my first race on snow (rookie for sure)... but I’ll get plenty of practice and snow under dogs feet prior to the race in Sweden; where we will be staying at Graham Kent’s kennel (Axehandle mountain) for three weeks. Graham tells me that they got there first snowfall last night, and that it’s currently -5c :o)
My first time on the sled in Feb 2007, Magali leads…
Besides rekindling my sled experience once we are in Sweden, I will need to teach training partner and good friend Malc the ropes so to speak. But I don’t’ think I’ll have Malc holding on to me like I held on to Magali when we went out on single sled :o)
Travelling: For us there will be a lot of driving involved, for starters, Graham Kent’s kennel is 1637miles from my place in England. And the Alpen Trail (Alps) is another 1645miles from Grahams; followed by 844miles back to England. Thankfully this will be divided up three ways, three drivers…
The Party outbound from England via the Euro tunnel on the 16 December 2007 will be:
Me – Race Musher / Driver
Malcolm Goodwin (friend & financially supportive) – Training Partner / Handler / Driver
Michael Wightwick (brother) - Handler / Driver (will join us in Sweden a couple of days prior to leaving for the Alps)
Oh, not forgetting the dogs (fifteen)… view us here.
Others that have helped me with decisions and information:
Alan Stewart - Cairngorm Sled dog Centre/Aviemore
Graeme Scott - QuickStep Kennel
Heini Winter D - AT Organisation
Jacques & Magali Philip - Noatak Kennels
For further information on the Alpen Trail; please visit alpentrail.com
Have a great season…
PS: We are currently on the look out for sponsors!
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Friday, October 12, 2007 8:10:03 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Monday, October 08, 2007
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Record Low in Artic Sea Ice
During summer 2007, Arctic sea ice plummeted to the lowest levels since satellite measurements began in 1979. The average sea ice area for September was 4.28 million square kilometers (1.65 million square miles), the lowest September on record. At the end of the 2007 melt season, sea ice area was 39 percent less than the long-term average from 1979 to 2000. Some estimates based on ship and aircraft records acquired prior to the satellite era suggest that sea ice may have retreated by as much as 50 percent since the 1950s.
Click here to view full article with video clip.
Article forwarded by Magali Philip
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Monday, October 08, 2007 8:59:27 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
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Friday, September 28, 2007
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Season Begins
Tonight we started quad training with 14 dogs on 4 mile loop. I put one of my recently flown over babies in swing (leader Chrome), and the other; powerhouse Fuego in wheel… as always, it’s extremely pleasing to watch sled dogs in action, that just want to pull hard for the love of it :o)
Sorry! My camera doesn’t take good pictures at dusk…
I will keep Chrome in swing for now… it will give her a chance to get use to our complicated training trails and a chance for her heat/season to pass.
Getting ready for training the night before…
Nice and clean… I don’t think it will look like this anymore after a few days of training with rain…. Oh-well… never mind :o)
Training life at the other side of the world (Alaska); Magali captures a great photo illustrating dogs working hard at there kennel just for the love of it!
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Friday, September 28, 2007 9:02:04 PM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)
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