We're about to bear witness to the most prestigious winter sports athletes in the world. Of course I'm referring to the Squid Acres sled team and VT alum musher Paige Drobny.
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Sad to say, but I really enjoy the coverage of that every year.
I'm excited to follow along again.
Actually had the chance to do some dog sledding when we were in Big Sky last week. Gave me a new appreciation for the dogs and the mushers.
Sled dog racing would make for a sweet Winter Olympics event you could follow along with for the whole duration of the games.
I'll be along for the ride again!
Let's go!!! After last year I think Paige can win the whole thing if the dogs want to run and she doesn't have any streaks of bad luck.
Paige's Musher Page
Can we get TKP to sponsor Paige? I'd donate to that. I wonder how much a sponsorship costs?
Edit: How about an AMA hosted by TKP? With a little over a month out, I wonder if that is doable.
That would be so fun.
I wonder if someone would like to step up and see how many would kick in a $10 or so, even if we can't be a full sponsor. Send her a HOAT shirt, etc.
Sponsorship Info here:
https://squidacres.com/support-team-squid/
Team sponsorship requires contact and they have an inquiry submission on their website. But they have set values to sponsor a dog for a year:
Notably, for Team sponsorship they say this: "We love to help businesses out that help us, so contact us to see how we can partner up with your business." I don't know how much it would truly benefit the TKP, but we probably could get sponsorship if enough TKPers are interested in chipping in (and if sanctioned by Joe).
I'd be willing to chip in the first $250. Can't do $500 and that triggers the rule my wife and I have (discussed already in Joe's thread about how we can only spend up to x-amount on things unless we talk about it first and okay with the other). $250 or even $400 I can do no questions asked, but $500 is when our agreement kicks in.
Note: obviously, we can spend that on car repairs, a broken pipe ... things that are needed. It just applies to indulgences and things like that.
Put me down for $25, I am sure we can get a few more.
Put me down for $50.
$25 here
Is there a dog named "Hokie"?
Or similar?
Wild Turkey is from a litter where all the dogs are named after bourbons...
Maybe we can get Wild Turkey an orange and maroon blanket!
Thank you for posting this and setting the stage. Saw she was entered again, but work has been - and continues to be - massively hectic, so I've been away from other things. So looking forward to my planned retirement or (more likely) semi-retirement in ~1.5 years.
It has been cool to follow the Iditarod and Paige via TKP. I certainly would not even know about Paige or Squid Acres but for the community here. And looking forward to it again.
Here is her website (got here from Paige's Iditarod page posted by LBT):
https://squidacres.com/
They have ways to sponsor their dogs and visit their kennel, including opportunities to do tours and mushes.
Further tangential thoughts:
My parents have convinced me and my siblings to go on a family Alaska Cruise, from Seward to Vancouver. As part of that trip, I wanted to fly in early to visit Denali National Park and see other parts of Alaska. Seeing that Squid Acres does tours and mushes (even in summer), I am going to contact them about a tour.
We had the same thought when planning an Alaska cruise a year or so ago. It never panned out, but if it had, we definitely would have tried to schedule a mush at Squid Acres.
Yea. After initial discussions, I will need to entice my family members to go. Or maybe, I can do something solo if it's not cost prohibitive. If I do make it out to Squid Acres, I'll definitely report back here.
Bah gawd. I'm ready
Has anyone contacted squid acres with sponsorship questions? I had a waking dream that this years winner has a big TKP logo on the sled.
Joe, are you ok with a group sponsorship in the name of TKP?
17 days, 6 hours, 0 minutes, 13 seconds per the tracker on the OP's link. LET'S GO!
Squid Acres posting an update: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17vfBmyAhk/
Can we either get a new thread or change the title of this one? This thread is getting hard to find because the title doesn't really reflect the content at first glance.