Dogsledding the Yukon Quest [E] en http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/ A Feed to the Quest Dogsledding Race, a mushing report over the participation from Blue Kennels and Sebastian Schnuelle. Copyright 2008 moewe.ch News <description>Dave is massaging his dogs...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=Oa742jEH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=Oa742jEH" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/143333535" height="1" width="1"/></description> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:00:47 +0200</pubDate> <category>Home</category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/</guid> <link>http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333535/</link> <feedburner:origLink>http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/</feedburner:origLink></item> <item> <title><![CDATA[The Kobuk 440,]]> Above the Arctic Circle, a nice way to end the 2008 season Land of contrasts. A few weeks ago, I have arrived back home in the Yukon after an exiting winter of training and racing. While sitting at...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=PgK2PH"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=PgK2PH" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/283251860" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 04 May 2008 00:00:00 +0200 Journal http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/60_the-kobuk-440.php http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/283251860/60_the-kobuk-440.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/60_the-kobuk-440.php <![CDATA[Iditarod Race Report Part 2]]> Traveling for close to 11hrs and it seemed like a risky move to me to pull out of the checkpoint. But after all I had trained the dogs to do long runs and it was only 18 miles to Takotna. Those 18 mil...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=JoEsjJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=JoEsjJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/263816835" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:00:00 +0200 Journal http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/59_iditarod-race-report-part-2.php http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/263816835/59_iditarod-race-report-part-2.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/59_iditarod-race-report-part-2.php <![CDATA[Iditarod 2008 Part 1]]> It always takes a long time to convince myself to start this, specially while the mushing conditions are still great outside. The german version of this I wrote a week ago at Bonnie and Jim Foster&acu...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=hIrZNJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=hIrZNJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/261112437" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:47:41 +0200 Journal http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/58_iditarod-2008-part-1.php http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/261112437/58_iditarod-2008-part-1.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/journal/2008/58_iditarod-2008-part-1.php Kobuk 440 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/265497750/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobuk-440-2/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:12:24 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobuk-440-2/ Sebastian crossed the finishline the 6.4. at 16:46 h (7.4. - 2:26 MEZ) in 7th position.
Congratulations !!!

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobuk-440-2/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobuk-440-2/ Kobug 440 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/265178950/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobug-440/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:20:02 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobug-440/ Sebastian left Kiana the 6.4. at 6:35 h (16:35 MEZ) in 4th position - there is only one checkpoint left before the finish line.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobug-440/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/06/kobug-440/ Kobuk 440 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/263848523/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/03/kobuk-440/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:11:51 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/03/kobuk-440/ Sab is racing the Kobuk 440.
The race goes over 440 miles (700 km) from Kotzebue to Kobuk and then back to Kotzebue on another trail.
Sebastian reached the first checkpoint Noorvik in 7th position.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/03/kobuk-440/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/04/03/kobuk-440/ The Iditarod is done http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/251503028/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/14/the-iditarod-is-done/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:29:54 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/14/the-iditarod-is-done/ Sebastian and Rudi crossed the finish line in Nome.

Sebastian arrived after 9 days, 22 hours, 14 minutes and 35 seconds in 10th position with 14 dogs.

Rudi arrived after 11 days, 13 hours, 55 minutes and 28 seconds in 43rd position with 13 dogs.

Gratulation to the both Finisher !!!

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/14/the-iditarod-is-done/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/14/the-iditarod-is-done/ Ceremoniestart http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/244228610/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/01/ceremoniestart/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:55:41 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/01/ceremoniestart/ Today Anchorage stood under the sign of the Iditarod - the Main Street was dominated by hunderts of huskys (to be more precis, more than 1150), ready to go on the over 1000 miles (1600 km) long trail to Nome. The real race starts tomorrow but the ceremoniestart today was the official start of the 36th Iditarod.

Sabs Iditarider found his place on the back runners of the sled and so I had the honor to take, as balast, place in the sled. It was a special athmosphere to start on Main Street, houses on the right and left and of course a lot of spectators. The perspective out of the sled was a kind of special for me - driving in situations where you what’s to done but not able to do anything.

After 11 miles (18 km) we arrived and loaded the dogs back in the truck - tomorrow Sab and Rudi are going for real.

Here are some pictures from the start of the 36th Iditarod.

Good luck and happy trails
Andy

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/01/ceremoniestart/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/03/01/ceremoniestart/ The bibs are drawn http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/243504690/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/29/the-bibs-are-drawn/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:00:08 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/29/the-bibs-are-drawn/ This time Sab was lucky at the drawing of the bib numbers - he got number 68, so he can start at on Saturday at 13:14 h (23:14 MEZ) and on Sunday at 16:14 h (Monday, 2:14 MEZ).
Rudi got number 52 and starts on Saturday at 12:42 h (22:42 MEZ) and on Sunday at 15:42 h (Monday, 1:42 MEZ).

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/29/the-bibs-are-drawn/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/29/the-bibs-are-drawn/ The Iditarod is approaching http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/242958499/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/28/the-iditarod-is-approaching/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:00:16 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/28/the-iditarod-is-approaching/ We closed our camp at Paxson and now we are all here in Anchorage.
For Sebastian and Rudi it’s meeting day today and in the evening there is the big startbanquet with the drawing of the bib numbers - unfortunately Sab is in the third group and so his lowest possible bib number will be 73 (but you all know Sabs luck in drawings).
On Friday they will have their last short trainingsrun - both are in the lucky position that they have still more then 16 dogs to choice from.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/28/the-iditarod-is-approaching/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/28/the-iditarod-is-approaching/ The Yukon Quest 2008 is over http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/240146095/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/24/the-yukon-quest-2008-is-over/#comments Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:43:11 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/24/the-yukon-quest-2008-is-over/ Lance Mackey won the Yukon Quest the 4th time in row.
While I didn’t reach my target - to run the Yukon Quest - but it has still been worthwhile. In Sabs opinion, I couldn’t find a plausible explanation why I have scratched in Mile 101, it was a gut feeling that I couldn’t make it and when I now hear the trail reports (jumbled ice, overflows, lack of trail markers) and see how many dogs had to be dropped, then I must say that it was probably a good decision.
Nevertheless, I run 1250 miles (2000 km) with the dogs, 700 miles (1120 km) in races - GinGin 200, Knik 200, Copper Basin 300. All these races, I finished with all the dogs and I learned a lot about dog care from Sab and the vets.
From now on there will be no further race updates frommy side, because the next years the holidays are reserved for my wife and the childrens, but I will continue to annoy Sab to write his race updates.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/24/the-yukon-quest-2008-is-over/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/24/the-yukon-quest-2008-is-over/ I scratched in Mile 101 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/233490073/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:30:10 +0000 Andreas Moser http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/ Yesterday evening I started from Mile 101 to Central. On the way I had some problems on the icy parts and when the trail got up in the windy sections my dogs didn’t want to go ahead and I couldn’t convince them to do so. So I returned to Mile 101 and after I sleep I decided to scratch. The dogs, and I, are all well.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/ Andy in Chena http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/232663123/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/10/andy-in-chena/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2008 15:30:10 +0000 Sebastian Schnülle http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/10/andy-in-chena/ Andy made it into Chena at 3:37 a.m. after taking a few detours on his way. The dogs look good. Now he has to take 3hrs of rest there, before loading the dogs into the dogtruck and drive to Mile 101. That drive normally takes 4hrs, the organisation alloted 12 hrs, that says all about the road conditions.

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/10/andy-in-chena/feed/ http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/10/andy-in-chena/ Comment on I scratched in Mile 101 by Nicole & Paolo Bonanno-Maillefer- http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/237705082/ Nicole & Paolo Bonanno-Maillefer- Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:08:04 +0000 http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/#comment-25 Bonjour Andy, Désolée de savoir que vous avez abandonné a Mile 101.Nous ne nous connaissons pas, mais je voulais vous envoyer quelques lignes d'encouragement. Je suis suissesse et mon mari Italien. Nous serons à Anchorage pour le start et le restart de l'Iditarod. Nous serions heureux de faire votre connaissance si nous avons l'opportunité de nous rencontrer. En fait nous serons en Alaska pour voler en montgolfière(nous somes pilotes) mais nous venons aussi trouver notre ami musher Dean Osmar.Nous arrivons en Alaska le 23.02.A bientôt peut être. Salutations, Nicole & Paolo Bonjour Andy,
Désolée de savoir que vous avez abandonné a Mile 101.Nous ne nous connaissons pas, mais je voulais vous envoyer quelques lignes d’encouragement.
Je suis suissesse et mon mari Italien. Nous serons à Anchorage pour le start et le restart de l’Iditarod. Nous serions heureux de faire votre connaissance si nous avons l’opportunité de nous rencontrer. En fait nous serons en Alaska pour voler en montgolfière(nous somes pilotes) mais nous venons aussi trouver notre ami musher Dean Osmar.Nous arrivons en Alaska le 23.02.A bientôt peut être. Salutations, Nicole & Paolo

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/#comment-25 Comment on I scratched in Mile 101 by Dave Treasure http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/235550472/ Dave Treasure Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:20:02 +0000 http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/#comment-24 Hi Andy, Very sorry to hear that you had to scratch. I guess that it must have been rough.....you did well in that wind on the Denali Highway at Christmas! The good news is that you and the dogs are all OK. I hope you have the chance to try again sometime, because I'm sure that you can do it! Good luck! Dave Treasure Hi Andy,
Very sorry to hear that you had to scratch. I guess that it must have been rough…..you did well in that wind on the Denali Highway at Christmas!
The good news is that you and the dogs are all OK.
I hope you have the chance to try again sometime, because I’m sure that you can do it!
Good luck!
Dave Treasure

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/02/12/i-scratched-in-mile-101/#comment-24 Comment on Preparation for the Copper Basin 300 by Terry Morache http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/214425679/ Terry Morache Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:03:46 +0000 http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/01/09/preparation-for-the-copper-basin-300/#comment-12 Thank you, your posts are detailed, well written and fun to read. It is wonderful reading and I look forward to continuing to follow you through the races you run and your logs. Keep up the good work. Terry Thank you, your posts are detailed, well written and fun to read. It is wonderful reading and I look forward to continuing to follow you through the races you run and your logs. Keep up the good work.

Terry

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2008/01/09/preparation-for-the-copper-basin-300/#comment-12 Comment on After the race by Lise Aubin http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/210112404/ Lise Aubin Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:54:42 +0000 http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/12/31/after-the-race/#comment-11 Hi Andreas, Just sending a quick message to wish you a super Happy New Year & the best of success with your training and upcoming race. I will follow your progess regularly. Take care of you! Lise :-) Hi Andreas,

Just sending a quick message to wish you a super Happy New Year & the best of success with your training and upcoming race. I will follow your progess regularly.

Take care of you!
Lise :-)

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/12/31/after-the-race/#comment-11 Comment on Hello world! by Tammi http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333541/ Tammi Sun, 12 Aug 2007 08:32:20 +0000 http://newdesign.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/08/06/hello-world/#comment-5 Great new look, Sab!! Ok, so now you need to start blogging with all that spare time you have. Ha ha ha!! Great new look, Sab!! Ok, so now you need to start blogging with all that spare time you have. Ha ha ha!!

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/08/06/hello-world/#comment-5 Comment on Hello world! by Andy http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333542/ Andy Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:18:43 +0000 http://newdesign.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/08/06/hello-world/#comment-4 Comments are always welcome! Comments are always welcome!

]]> http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/blog/2007/08/06/hello-world/#comment-4 <![CDATA[Christian + Kira]]> Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Iditarod und Yukon Quest 2008! Es ist schön die Geschichten über die Monster zu lesen. Grüße aus dem Oberbergischen sendet das Sleddogteam Akita Huskydreams...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=ImmSv3Zd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=ImmSv3Zd" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/143333543" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:53:57 +0200 Guestbook http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=1 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333543/index.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=1 <![CDATA[Renate]]> Hallo Sab, habe wieder mit viel Interesse und Vergnügen deinen Bericht vom Kobuk 440 gelesen. Herzlichen Glückwunsch auch noch zu deinem 7. Platz. Selbstverständlich bin ich zur nächsten Saison wi...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=Vtw9WUCJ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=Vtw9WUCJ" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/143333544" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 04 May 2008 21:40:28 +0200 Guestbook http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=2 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333544/index.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=2 <![CDATA[Dean + Kathy Westlake]]> HI Sebastian, It was great having you up here above the Arctic Circle, racing your dogs. We hope you make it back for the Kobuk 440 again next year. ...<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?a=5mcEuPyK"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en?i=5mcEuPyK" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~4/143333545" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:50:18 +0200 Guestbook http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=3 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/DogsleddingTheYukonQuest-en/~3/143333545/index.php http://www.dogsleddingtheyukonquest.com/e/guestbook/index.php?id=3