A few days ago I went on this tour. It is run by Bill Cotter who has raced in the Iditarod dog sled race 20 times. He has modified an golf cart type vehicle and hooks his dogs up to it to pull people around as though they were on a sled. The dogs get very excited when they know they are going to be working. Bill says the dogs get mad because they can't run for several miles, only around the circle which is perhaps a quarter mile. After the ride Bill talks about racing sleds, his equipment, how he eats and feeds the dogs while on the trail. Very interesting, but spending nine days in the middle of nowhere when it is -50 F, having to prepare hot food for yourself and your dogs, maintaining equipment, etc., doesn't sound like fun.
Here are some pictures.
The "sled".
Getting in harness
Coming back home, pulling the sled
That was fun! Let's do it again
Some of the dogs.
When training for races, they start by pulling for five miles and work up to where the dogs will pull for 100 miles a day.
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