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November 11, 2007

Dry mushing in Minnesota, mon

As we've been pointing out for a few days now, dog sledding is no longer just something to do in the snow.

This weekend there will be more proof of that when dryland mushers from across the U.S. gather in Brainerd, Minn., for the East Meets West Dryland Challenge.

With the absence of snow in many parts of North America -- and global warming cutting down on the amounts of it in normally snowy climes -- mushers have turned to new styles of racing, including dry rig racing, bikejoring, scooter racing and canicross.

All will be featured in this weekend's challenge. You can find out more about it here at the International Sled Dog Racing Association website. Or you can check out this article from the Rapid City Journal in South Dakota.

I'll be pulling for the Jamaican Dog Sled Team. What, you didn't think there was a Jamaican dog sled team? Well tune in tomorrow.

Posted by John Woestendiek at 10:40 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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I'm originally from the Rocky Mountain region and remember hearing horror stories of the snow and blizzards in Minnesota. We've lived here for 10 years now and really have yet to experience a "real" winter. When we go back to the Rockies, people ask how we're surviving; it's not the winters that are harsh and intimidating anymore--it's the summers with the awful heat and humidity.

Posted by: danielle | November 14, 2007 4:18 PM

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About Jill Rosen

Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.

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