Not Your Average Pet!
Yesterday was our day off from field research. We headed into Churchill for shopping, lunch and a tour of the Eskimo Museum. In the afternoon, I decided to try dog sledding.
The dogs are not your average house pet. They are purebread huskies. All were lean, muscular dogs that have gone through rigorous training. As a dog team, the goal is for them to run the Hudson Bay Quest. It takes the dogs and driver roughly 36 hours to cover 250 miles. The sledding was fun, but short. At one point, I was able to do a little steering. It was a quick 1 mile ride. At the end of the day, I received a certificate that said, "IDidaMile" .
WT asked, "Do the dogs like to go sledding?" Yes, they would jump for joy and yelp as if to say to the driver hey pick me I want to run!
Below is a picture of me (in the middle) trying to hold on while steering.
posted by Mr. Thompson @ 4:53 PM
4 Comments:
Did you ever get thrown off from turning to sharply?
KR Was the dog sledding hard? KR
This is awesome that you go to go dog sledding!! I wish I could have done that! How many dogs does it take to be able to go sledding? ~BW
We came close to tipping the sled once. It is kind of like surfing, you just lean in the direction you want the sled to go.
I wouldn't call the dog sledding hard (the dogs did all the hard work)it just took some time to get the feeling of steering.
There were a total of 9 dogs on the team that pulled me. In the race I mentioned, he will have 10 dogs pulling the sled.
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