215km of lovely dirt |
For those that are unfamilar with dog powered sport, here is a brief description of the sport.
Dog powered sport is a developing sport practised here in South Africa, by a committed group of dog loving people that call themselves "mushers". Sled dog sports are often reffered to as "mushing". There are several different types practised around the world largely dependent on tradition and climate. The 3 main styles are known as: Nome, Nordic and Dryland. In South Africa we practice the dog powered sport of Dryland Sledding. This type is practiced with or without a wheeled sled. "Sleds" can include; a scooter whereby the driver kicks (scoots), and or pushes the scooter with his dog or dogs attached in front of the scooter, a bicycle (known as bikejoring) where the driver peddles the bicycle and the dog is attached to the bicycle with a tug-line; or a 3 or 4 wheeled cart which the musher rides and whereby the dogs are attached by harnesses. Canni-X is the dryland style that is performed with no sled. The musher literally runs behind his dog and is attached to his dog by means of a waist belt. Because South Africa has limited snow; Dryland sledding is practiced on dirt roads. We therefore had to find a suitable dirt road, cool temperatures and little traffic. Preferably it had to be long!
After a couple of Google searches we found it! Dirt, lovely dirt! If you leave Ceres and keep left you find yourself on the R355. The R355 will take you up to Calvinia via the longest stretch of road with no town in between; 215km.
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