John 22, will be travelling to remote Yukon in Canada where he will train & live with Hans Gatt, 3 times winner of the Yukon Quest champion he will help Hans prepare for the 1,150mile Iditrod Sleddog race in Alaska.
John began working with sleddogs at the age of six ..and his father Alan Stewart runs the only sleddog centre in Britain near Aviemore.
The Alaskan husky dogs he will be training will be running up to 90miles a day in freezing conditions of minus 30degrees staying overnight then back to the remote training kennel.
John helped his father to train more than 30 sleddogs at the centre for the Alpen Trail race in 2001 & 2004 and he has also raced and trained his own team in the Scottish and UK Championships held all over the UK. He was Scottish & UK Jnr Champion many times.
John who is currently living and working at Glenmore Lodge in Aviemore had been in the Royal Marines but he has had to put his military career on hold following extensive knee surgery just five weeks before getting his green beret. John said once he has completed his five-month trip to Yukon/Alaska he will return to the military.
His adventure can be followed on this blog
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