My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod the World Most Grueling Race 1st Edition by Brian Patrick O Donoghue ISBN 0679764119 9780679764113
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Authors:Brian Patrick O’Donoghue , Tags:Travel; Kindle10K; 1 , Author sort:O’Donoghue, Brian Patrick , Ids:9780679764113 , Languages:Languages:eng , Published:Published:Mar 1996 , Publisher:Random House, Inc. , Comments:Comments:From Publishers WeeklyMushing is an odd sport for anybody. First you take a dozen-plus slightly tamed dogs (“damned wolves with collars,” one rancher calls them), strap them to a sled that, with little enough provocation, will send you rocketing into the tundra and start out for the 1000-mile race accompanied by chunks of frozen liver and the occasional whole reporter?this after forking over $1249. O’Donoghue, who moved to Alaska from the lower 48 to work for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, decided to start mushing after just two winters. He soon entered Iditarod XIX while writing a column for the paper titled “Off to the Races.” Perhaps because his own mishaps (shredded doggie booties, sled falls, lack of sleep, poor visibility, missed shelters, tangled, bruised, grouchy and, as the title implies, polymorphously perverse, dogs) don’t really change over the course of the race (they just accumulate), O’Donoghue introduces a large cast of other mushers. These do bring new misadventures, but the account can be a little confusing. O’Donoghue’s style is amusing but rarely laugh-out-loud. Instead, what really keeps this book going is the same thing that keeps the racers going, a kind of bloody-minded doggedness that thinks, when faced with frostbitten fingers, not about the possibility of amputation but the possibility of scratching.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.Product DescriptionO’Donoghue tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with 17 sled dogs with names like Rainy, Harley and Screech. O’Donoghue braved snowstorms, sickening wipeouts, and endured the contempt of more experienced racers. Narrated with icy elan and self deprecating wit, this is a true story of heroism, cussedness, and astonishing dumb luck.
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ISBN 10: 0679764119
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Author: Brian Patrick O Donoghue
The Iditarod may be the only race that awards a prize for last place. But then how many people can even complete a course that ranges across 1,000 miles of Alaska’s ice fields, mountains, and canyons at temperatures that sometimes plunges to 100 degrees below zero? In conditions like these, anything can go wrong. For Brian Patrick O’Donoghue, nearly everything did.
In My Lead Dog Was a Lesbian, his reporter and intrepid novice musher tells what happened when he entered the 1991 Iditarod, along with seventeen sled dogs with names like Harley, Screech, and Rainy, his sexually confused lead dog. O’Donoghue braved snowstorms and sickening wipeouts, endured the contempt of more experienced racers (one of whom was daft enough to use poodles), and rode herd of four-legged companions who would rather be fighting or having sex. It’s all here, narrated with self-deprecating wit, in a true story of heroism, cussedness and astonishing dumb luck.
My Lead Dog Was A Lesbian Mushing Across Alaska in the Iditarod the World Most Grueling Race 1st Table of contents:
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The Call of the Wild
- Discovering the Sport of Mushing
- Training the Dogs and Preparing for the Race
- Building Relationships with the Dogs
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The Start Line
- The Excitement and Anxiety Leading Up to the Race
- Meeting Other Mushers and the Competitive Landscape
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Through the Frozen Terrain
- The Challenge of the Trail: Harsh Conditions and Unexpected Obstacles
- Bonding with the Dogs and Their Roles in the Race
- Navigating the Dangerous Alaskan Wilderness
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Mushing in the Midnight Sun
- The Unique Experience of Mushing in the Extreme Cold
- The Physical and Emotional Toll of the Race
- Learning About the History and Traditions of the Iditarod
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The Dogs: A Key to Survival
- The Importance of the Lead Dog: Lessons from a Lesbian Lead Dog
- The Role of Each Dog in the Team
- Building Trust and Communication with the Dogs
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The Challenges of the Iditarod
- Coping with Physical Exhaustion and Mental Fatigue
- Dealing with Weather, Illness, and Mechanical Problems
- Facing the Dangers of the Trail: Frostbite, Avalanches, and More
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Friendship and Rivalry
- The Mushers’ Community: Camaraderie and Competition
- The Support of Fellow Racers, and the Spirit of the Iditarod
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The Finish Line
- Reaching the End of the Iditarod
- The Emotional and Physical Impact of the Journey
- Reflections on Completing the World’s Most Grueling Race
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