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The situation was grim. My main leader had become what mushers refer to as an "alligator," liable to attack anything or anybody.
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― Honest Dogs: A Story of Triumph and Regret from the World's Toughest Sled Dog Race
― Honest Dogs: A Story of Triumph and Regret from the World's Toughest Sled Dog Race
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While dogs were a hole to sink money into, they were also more fun than a barrel of monkeys. There is nothing quite like hooking up a team of dogs who are raring to go. They bark and dance and just can’t wait. When you finally pull the hook and they take off at full speed (probably 25 miles an hour), there is a swish of sled runners and the wind in your face. Perhaps six furry behinds running ahead like a house afire. It is wonderful. You charge out into the boreal forest where there are no huma
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― The First Great Race: Alaska's 1973 Iditarod
― The First Great Race: Alaska's 1973 Iditarod
