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Abbie is a rookie musher in the 2014 Iditarod
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Bio
Hometown: Two Rivers, Alaska
Abbie West, 40, was born in Oklahoma and raised
in New Jersey. She went to school in Maine, where
she was an avid downhill skier. She came to Alaska
almost 20 years ago, chasing a childhood dream of
being a musher. She started out working on fish
docks in the summers on the Kenai Peninsula, but
she says she came here to be a musher, so she
started her own kennel in 1998. “I also love
astronomy and astrology, so I decided to name my
dogs the Cosmic Canines. They all have stellar
names and you know what? These dogs are
‘outta’ this world. My main focus so far
has been the Yukon Quest, but I decided this year
to run the Iditarod and I’m excited to see new
parts of Alaska. My dogs are mainly Yukon Flats
Gwinch’in village dogs from Jay Cadzow’s
bloodline. They are tough and happy because they
have been bred for generations to be used as
working dogs; trapping, hunting and travelling.
Actually, half of the team has already run the
Iditarod, leased to other teams, so I figured
it’s time I join in some of the fun too. They
are young, between one and five years old, but most
have multiple 1000 miles races under their
harnesses so I expect them to perform well. She is
a very experienced musher, having run the Quest
three times and many mid distance races in Alaska
and Canada. ” Abbie has worked in landscaping
for the last year. She lists her hobbies as
astronomy, astrology, running, hunting, baking,
goats (dairy), mountain biking, archery, writing
and poetry.
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Abbie is a rookie musher in the 2014
Iditarod
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