Jack Beckstrom loved sled dogs. It was his life’s passion and his profession. It was not only what he did, it was who he was.
When Ketil Reitan pulled into Nome in 14th place in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog race, Nome was not the terminus of his season’s journey by dog sled. While most Iditarod mushers call it a season – except for the few who run the Kobuk 440 —...
Jack Beckstrom loved sled dogs. It was his life’s passion and his profession. It was not only what he did, it was who he was.
Jack Beckstrom of Olney, Montana, passed away quietly on March 5, 2018, from a heart attack, after being active in the...
The first dryland event of the year in Alaska took place in Chugiak. Over 40 participants filled the parking lot early Saturday morning. Ten bikers took off at 1-minute intervals in the 1-dog division, followed by 13 entrants in the 2 dog. Although...
Attention to maintaining healthy feet in the first few weeks or months of training is a much needed, but often overlooked, aspect of animal husbandry. What is needed in your kennel is largely governed by the surfaces your dogs train upon, the...
Mushing is all about overcoming adversity. There probably is not a musher out there who has not fallen off the runners at least once, but what makes the individual a musher is that they got back on the sled.
Billed as the “world’s oldest dog mushing...
Mushing Magazine #180 is out and has been shipped. Here is what's in it: Arctic adventure with Ketil Reitan, Dryland race preview of European Championships, race report from first Chugiak Dryland races in Alaska, a report of Greenland huskies in the...