You may recall that we began this White Mountains mini-series running dogs on the trail with Aliy, and that seems a good way to wrap it up as well. As I was editing this footage, it struck me as a little odd-looking, like maybe Aliy’s camera got stuck in some … Read More
I know it’s been a week since we were in Anchorage, but I just got this photo off one of my pocket cameras and thought it was funny enough to share with you. Allen and Aliy were sitting in the Anchorage airport waiting for our flight, when Happy hopped up … Read More
In the previous episode of our White Mountains mini-series, you saw a time-lapse view of the Team setting up. The next step in the process is harnessing and hooking up the dogs, but we’ve recently posted a pretty in-depth series on that subject so I decided to offer you something … Read More
As you know, I upgraded the Dogs page last month. The truth is that I was never really happy with it. I don’t know about you, but I didn’t like having to click on a dog’s picture in order to read his or her team card and see more info. … Read More
Part 4 of our White Mountains mini-series started out as another time time-lapse look at what it’s like when the teams arrive “on location” and get ready to run. Although the video looked useful for illustrating the overall process of dropping and feeding the dogs, sorting gear and sleds, laying … Read More
I had planned — hoped? — to bring you a series of photos to illustrate what Winter Solstice is like here at SP Kennel (64.865 North, 146.972 West). But, alas, it has clouded over. I can offer you this one photo, however, taken at our “official sunrise” time of 10:57 … Read More
In Part 3 of our White Mountains mini-series, you’ll see that there’s actually a lot of walking involved in sled dog mushing. Thankfully, most of that walking takes place at the Kennel and not out on the trail. But when you think about Aliy, Allen and Bridgett making 36 trips … Read More
Sorry folks… Despite our best intentions to publish the Howler newsletter on a monthly basis, the December “Early Racing” Edition has been scrapped. We had planned to publish right after the Sheep Mountain 150 and had hoped it would include news of great success for your SP Kennel Team. When … Read More
Part 2 of our White Mountains mini-series offers you a time-lapse overview of the dog truck loading process. The “real-time” video is about 20 minutes long, so this video is speeded up to 8x normal speed. It goes by pretty quickly, but we bet some of our sharp-eyed Dog Log … Read More
You may recall that over the long Thanksgiving weekend your SP Kennel Team loaded up in the trucks and went to the White Mountains. Partly, this was a way to prepare for racing season by practicing the whole “pack-load-drive” routine. Also, it was a way to get away from training … Read More
