Petter crossed the finishline in Alta as number 7!
It took Petter and the dogs 6 days, 9 hours and 35 minuets to run 1100KM!!!!
Petter was the best forigen musher this year too.
We all did our best and had a great time!
Neiden
Petter is now taking his 16 hour mandatory rest. He is enjoying à Good sleep in à cabin and the dogs are resting out on straw with blanketts over them.
Our tjeck friend Radek Havrda is running very we'll in FL-500, we are hoping for à medal.
Our tjeck friend Radek Havrda is running very we'll in FL-500, we are hoping for à medal.
Preparations for the race
Today we handed in our depobags with dogfood.
Petter and Emil were out with the dogs for a 30km run.
We also attended the Musher meeting for 3h and the opening ceremony.
Finnmarkslöpet - World championship
We are now in Alta to participate in Finnmarkslöpet, the World Championship in Longdistance Sled dog racing.
The race is very challenging. They will start on on saturday with 14 dogs in the team. And the trail is more than 1000km!
Along the trail there are several checkpoints were the mushers can pick up dogfood from depos and rest their team on straw. There is also cold water provided, which they heat up in cookers to prepair the food for the dogs.
Follow us during the race on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Petter-Karlsson-Sleddogs/
and on www.finnmarkslopet.no
The race is very challenging. They will start on on saturday with 14 dogs in the team. And the trail is more than 1000km!
Along the trail there are several checkpoints were the mushers can pick up dogfood from depos and rest their team on straw. There is also cold water provided, which they heat up in cookers to prepair the food for the dogs.
Follow us during the race on facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-Petter-Karlsson-Sleddogs/
and on www.finnmarkslopet.no
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| Emil, Petter and Angela |
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