Posts Tagged ‘Andy Pohl’
Near Iditarod’s Half-Way Point, Dogs — and Especially Mushers — Need Rest
“The musher gets beat up more than the dogs do,” Iditarod rookie Andy Pohl said Wednesday in the McGrath checkpoint, where both he and veteran musher Allen Moore were resting their young teams for different reasons.
Read MoreIditarod ’18 Starts With Ceremony, Song, and Protest
On the streets of downtown Anchorage on Saturday was the usual throng of dog handlers, mushers, and race fans, there to see the annual Ceremonial Start of the Iditarod. New this year was the presence of a protest group from PETA, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, which opposes the race.
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