Class Details -
- 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 -- lecture time where I talk about camping with dogs, go over the basic routine and answer questions.
- Students then take their teams down to Cohoe Beach
- Team 1 leaves at 3:30 p.m.
- Team 2 leaves at 4:30 p.m.
- Staggered starts are so I can be with each team alone for at least an hour when they camp.
- Teams reach camp about 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. -- right at dark.
- They supply their own straw (or hay), Heet fuel for cookers, all dog food, booties, gear needed for a true campout, which I will transport down to Clam Gulch beach for them (so they don't have to lug it on their four-wheelers, unless they have room and want to do it that way.)
- They straw dogs, feed them and heat up their own food in their cookers, simulating a normal trail-side camp in a distance race.
- Re-bootie before they go.
- Take off about 7 p.m., running dogs back up beach for another 10 miles, returning to their trucks at roughly 8:30 p.m, for a 20-mile round trip.
All gear supplied by musher.
Gear list:
Cooker
Heet
booties
extra rope to tie off teams
food for dogs (kibble mainly, meat snacks are optional for a run this short)
food for mock campout, ideally a military MRE or vacuum packed meal to be reheated in dog cooker.
lunch (could run to Merc for burger)
matches, lighter, flint
straw or hay to put down for dogs
Warm clothes -- winter gear unless it is training. The beach is a cold, windy place to hang out.
Warm mittens with handwarmers -- beach runs are cold.
This class will cost $150 and will require current PSDRA membership. Please call Ashley Irmen to reserve your spot 907-394-4585.