Some advice Father to Son 
This is the second time you have been to AK at the very top of your sport/way of life with sleddogs ..the last time was with Egil..the goal was to help train dogs to win the North American Open for Egil.I spent 2 weeks with Hans in Jamaica in Oct;..hes a good lad.. you will work well together Iam sure..all those early morning training trips & adventures we have had since you where 6yrs old will come into play now John..have a ball ..rip up those Yukon Trails with Hans mate.

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John goes to Yukon 
Our son John is making his final preparations for a trip of a lifetime which will see him spend five months in the remote Yukon training sleddogs for the Iditarod.

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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