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February 15, 2007

Slow dogs

Wednesday was a really long day. We went to the top of the world on a mountain range. We got to the a plateau and had a 360 degree view of mountains glowing in the sunshine. We had lunch there.

Norwegian Mountains

Norwegian_mountains

Lunch on top of the world

Lunch_on_top_of_world

I have five dogs rather than four,  but they've turned out to be slower that the four dog teams. King dog wants to be leader, but is rubbish at mushing.  He had to be put at the back, but he finds that too degrading and so can be a bit troublesome. I end up having to help push the sled up the hill, and also the flat. Tobias Ellwood, who is two sleighs behind me, even accepts that I have to work harder than everyone else. Since I'm keeping up with everyone it seems unlikely that I'll get faster dogs.

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