Arrr... so so cute.

Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:00:32 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Yesterday Graham and James went out on skidoos (snow machines) to check if the river had frozen enough to run dogs on… all was good!

Running dogs up a frozen river is superb :o) and gives you a great opportunity to take in the wilderness that surrounds you... double bonus.

ooh... not totally frozen... but good as dam it!!!

Friday, January 04, 2008 9:41:37 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Today; Musher’s Malc, Graham, Betan, Tim, James, Jenny and I all ventured to the local lake with six to eight dog teams, a 30km round trip from the Axhandle Mountain dog yard.
Besides the breathtaking scenery and venturing onto the lake with your dogs, the trail back gave me a great opportunity to practice passing (overtaking). First I had my team pass Betan & Tim, then Graham and I played cat and Mouse… all went very well. Once back near the dog yard, I continued on with the 27km trail to get some miles on the dogs. We did 57km in all, which a good 15km of that involved breaking trail. All good experience for me and the dogs.

Picture by Graham Kent

Graham’s team and mine practicing overtaking and running together for photo shoot :o)

Many thanks to all the Mushers mentioned above for great and successful day...

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 7:45:59 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Happy new year from us and all the team at Axhandle Mountain.

Have a great year and season... happy trails :o)

Tuesday, January 01, 2008 4:47:09 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Team 'A' 54km in total today... 6c below and calm...

String working too hard as usual (wheel right)

Saturday, December 29, 2007 5:27:22 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Chrome

Tasha

Ripley & Risk

Friday, December 28, 2007 5:31:56 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Axhandle Mountain kennel

Thursday, December 27, 2007 7:09:01 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Malc setting off with team 'B' on one of his two 12km training runs...

I set off laters with team ‘A’ on two-27km runs… which included one night run… and what a fantastic feeling it is, to run your dogs on snow under the rising of a full moon under calm weather conditions. Just you, your dogs and the great vast snowed covered wilderness... a feeling that I can only describe as amazing while fearful and awe-inspiring... many thanks Graham.

Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:28:44 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Merry Christmas from us and all our dogs... have a fantastic day.

Dogs and Mushers rest day :o)

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 2:45:49 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0] 

Base Camp (Axhandle Mountain dog yard cabin)

Beautiful sunrise…

Our dogs... resting...

Axhandle Mountain Puppies...

On the trail... 30km today...

Sunday, December 23, 2007 7:02:21 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)    Comments [0]