After all the waiting the start of the husky sledding expedition finally came around.
There is a lot to do before you set out and it took ages for the sleds to be packed and the dogs to be correctly linked up before we could set off.
We started with a quite technical section going up into the mountains and it was exhilarating to be off! The dogs have awesome power and it is surprising that they can pull so much.
The weather can only be described as a blizzard and it was challenging and physical work keeping control of the sled. We both fell off at the same place into deep snow so there have been lots of lessons learnt already.
Putting up our two man tent in a snow storm was not easy and seemed to take forever. We were standing two meters away from each other and could barely hear our shouts to one another. We finally got the tent up and we are hoping that the wind dies down.
As I write this we are lying in our tent (that is still up) and having tea and coffee after a boil in the bag dinner. The wind is howling and it is very cold. I have no idea how cold but everything is frozen.
It will be a cold one tonight so let's hope our sleeping bags are to the job!
Love from a very chilly jay and chris. X
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