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We are really excited to be able to present the Points Unknown Women’s Winter Adventures 2011! |
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This adventure will take place the beginning of March and is full. We will be taking a small group of those who have attended two previous adventures into the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northern Minnesota! They will have their own sled dog teams and will continue their education as they learn how to be self sufficient in the remote wilderness. |
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This adventure will take place at Boyd's Mason Lake Resort near Hayward, Wisconsin from Friday, January 21, 2011 to Monday, January 24, 2011. Please click here for more details. |
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We have two different types of traditional sled dogs; Freight Alaskan Huskies, and Hedlund Huskies. You will find GREAT enthusiasm from the dogs and it is displayed from the moment you arrive until the moment you depart. They find great pleasure in jumping up to greet you (even though they are supposed to have manners, they choose when they use them) and screaming at the top of their lungs when they know it is meal time or when they know we are going for a run. |
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Our Freight Alaskan Huskies are larger and broader than the typical racing Alaskan Husky and have much heavier coats. Most are big lap dogs at camp that would tip toe around a sleeping baby. They quickly turn into focused pullers in the team, at hook up and while out on the trail! |
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Hedlund Huskies are a rare line of Alaskan Husky that dates back to the 1940s in Alaskan trapline teams. At this time we have six Hedlund Huskies. Tuloon, our first Hedlund arrival in 2004, had puppies in September of 2007 and we added three puppies with mixed Hedlund and our own Freight Alaskan lines.In June of 2009 Tuloon had her last litter of puppies and we added two deep line Hedlund Huskies. The Hedlunds are a graceful and steady line. |
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Linda Newman grew up all over the United States in a U.S. Forest Service family. The wilderness has always been a main focus in her life. Linda had a dog all through her childhood but didn't find her true passion for them until the 1990s. Linda has been training dogs since 1994. She got her first sled dogs in 2000 and thus began her sled dog training. She came from a background of Australian Shepherds, obedience and agility training. What a shock the sled dogs provided! No more "what can I do for you, how much and how long?" More like "Right. I'm not doing that until I get what I want. Then I will decide what you get and when." She loved them nonetheless and together, they do some extraordinary things and she wants to share that with others. Linda's dream of a career that included her passion for the outdoors and her love and respect for her canine companions began in early 2005 when she started Points Unknown. Linda does adventure trips with the dogs in the BWCA, Canada and Minnesota. Points Unknown was contracted to provide dog mushing adventures at a popular northern Minnesota Lodge in Grand Marais, MN, USA in the winters of 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 and Linda headed up this program. She currently teaches pull training classes at a local training center, is a DNR Becoming an Outdoors Women program instructor, and is giving dog mushing instruction and demonstrations at local events. Linda is Wilderness First Aid Certified with the Wilderness Medical Associates. |
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Neil Slaughter was born and raised in England and has recently retired from the Royal Army Medical Corps of the British Army. Having traveled to many parts of the world, he now favors the remoteness of the northwoods. His time is now divided as a director of a medical company in England and a volunteer with Points Unknown. He has been with us here at Points Unknown for two years and brings experience in leadership, navigation and first aid and is proving to have what it takes to live in the wilderness and work with our dogs. Some of Neil’s other pastimes include kayaking, canoeing, skiing, snowshoeing and cycling. He is very mechanically inclined and puts that skill to work making improvements to some of our equipment that includes wonderful updates to our fall training rig! He has now mastered the art of collecting up dog poop, a skill all good mushers must possess! |
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Hailey Quanbeck was born and raised in Minneapolis, and will graduate from Southwest High School in Spring of 2011. She has lived around animals her whole like and her family currently has a dog (Cardigan Welsh Corgi), cat, parrot, and guinea pig. Her love for the outdoors began at a young age, traveling to her grandparents cabin in Wisconsin and being taught about the woods and how to fish by her father and grandfather. Hailey’s passion for the outdoors has only grown as time wears on and she spends as much of her summers as possible in northern Minnesota on canoeing and backpacking trips. Hailey met Linda in August of 2005, and has been addicted to sled dogs and volunteering for Points Unknown ever since. On weekends in which school projects and essays are absent she can be found visiting Points Unknown, Linda, Neil and the sled dogs, doing whatever chores need to be done. Despite her youth, she is an enormous asset to the kennel. Not only that, but the dogs have helped her to realize more about herself and the world around her, and now she wishes to share her knowledge and passions with others. |
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Marleane Callaghan is a naturalist for the Wayzata and Orono School Districts. Her passion is to educate and inspire children and adults to love nature and be confident and comfortable in the outdoors. Kayaking, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, dog sledding and hiking are some of Marleane’s favorite pastimes. Marleane teaches survival skills to her students at her summer school program on Big Island which is on Lake Minnetonka. Fire building, making shelters, finding edible plants, making use of what is available all around is one of the favorite topics for her students. Marleane will teach winter phenology and using a turtle shell, explain the legend of Native Americans about the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. Learn what happens in your birthday moon! Marleane will bring an assortment of art supplies to the Points Unknown Women's Winter Metro Adventures for your creative side. |
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J.D. Fratzke Born to the Mississippi River in Winona, MN, JD moved to Minneapolis in 1992 and groveled his way into a number of restaurant kitchens around the immediate metro area; most notably cafee un, deux, trois, Pronto Ristorante and finally made his bones as sous chef at Chino Latino in 1999. In December of 2003, JD was appointed Executive Chef of Muffuletta in the Park in St. Paul, MN USA where he currently has more fun being paid than any bald man in history. He has worked to exemplify the idea that “food tastes better closest to its source.” Muffuletta’s kitchen considers it a point of pride to utilize the hard work and superlative flavors of ingredients produced by Minnesota’s network of small farms. Their dedication to organic cultivation of produce and ethical animal husbandry is a tremendous source of inspiration for Muffuletta’s daily menu.JD was married to his wife, Lisa, a painter, in 1999 and in September of 2004 their daughter, Nina Jeann was born. J.D. will be our chef for the Points Unknown Women's Winter Adventure in March 2010. |
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Scott Pampuch had his first cooking job as an overnight short order cook in High School. Little did he know that this would take him where it did. He attended Culinary School at the Minneapolis Technical College from 1995-1997. In 1996, Scott left the office life of "eight to five" to work where he was most comfortable; The Kitchen. After working in a few kitchens, most notably The Modern Cafe, in Minneapolis, MN, for five years, he found his true passion for cooking was right in his own backyard. Growing up in Minnesota, he realized that there were many supporters of small independent restaurants. Scott then opened Corner Table where he takes pride in supporting many family farms in the southeastern part of Minnesota, near his home town of Winona. Scott will be our chef for the Points Unknown Women's Advanced Winter Adventure in February 2010. |
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