Kicksledding

Berners were bred to pull milk carts in the Swiss Alps.  I thought we should start with something a little easier like pulling a kicksled.  We joined a local Meetup group, rented a sled and attended our first outing at the end of January.  It went really well.  It took Spirit a while to figure out the game but she did a really good job pulling the sled and trying to follow the teams ahead of us.  We completed a 4km loop and had a wonderful time.

This past weekend we went out with the group again.  I think Spirit was possessed by the “pulling gods”.  Oh my goodness she went fast….and full out on the down hill part.  We only lasted about 10 minutes and ended up with 2 spectacular crashes and a bent ski on my brand new kicksled.  I had my GoPro on my helmet (thank goodness I bought a helmet) so my wipeouts are on record.   You can see that the camera was a little askew after the first crash and then it ended up buried in the snow after the second one.

We went out again today to a local provincial park.  It was mostly flat with a few gentle hills.  It was a lot slower today since the terrain was relatively flat and there were no teams ahead of us to chase.  I hope to go out with the Meetup group again this weekend.

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