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Karin finished 36th in 2014, 40th in 2013, 36th
in 2012, scratched in 2010 and 2011. Karin was a
rookie musher in 2009 and was the first female
rookie across the line in 40th place.
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Bio
Karin Hendrickson, 45, was raised in the small
mountain town of Mt. Baldy, California. She has a
BA in Environmental Conservation from the
University of Colorado at Boulder and has worked in
environmental regulation since 1998. For the last
10 years, she has been an environmental manager
here in Alaska and lives north of Willow.
“I saw my first sled dog in March, 2002,
when I came up to volunteer for Iditarod. By 2003,
I had sold everything I owned, quit my job, and
moved to Alaska to become a handler. After two
years as a handler, I tried to quit my dog habit.
That didn’t last long—I was miserable
without dogs!”
“I started building my own team in 2006. I
really never expected to do any racing, much less
run the Iditarod! I am not too sure how it all
happened, but just two years later I found myself
signed up for my first Iditarod. 2016 will be my
fifth time to leave the starting line of ‘The
Last Great Race.’ I was hit by a truck while
training last fall and broke my back in three
places. Luckily all my dogs were O.K., but I
wasn’t able to run in 2015. I am working hard
to overcome my injuries and make it back on the
trail in 2016.”
“I am one of a very few mushers to work
full-time through the winter. My biggest challenge
is trying to fit training and racing in around the
demands of my job. It is just this side of
impossible to get everything done, but somehow we
make it happen.”
Before dogs, she says she used to telemark ski,
rock climb, white water kayak, train horses, hike
and all kinds of other outdoor sports. Now she
spends so much time with her dogs that she
doesn’t have time for other hobbies.
Karin Hendrickson, 41, was
born and raised in California. She graduated from
the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991 and
has lived in Idaho and Colorado working as a
teacher and college student. She now works in
Environmental Regulation here in Alaska, where she
moved in 2003 to be a handler. “My mom had
been coming to Alaska to volunteer for the Iditarod
since 1998, long before I knew a thing about sled
dogs or how they would take over my life. In 2002,
she talked me into coming up to volunteer. I
returned to volunteer again in 2003 and that is
when I knew my future. I sold my house and
everything in it, quit my job and headed north. I
spent two years learning the ropes and paying my
dues as a handler. “I really thought I’d
quit dogs and get a real life after that, but I was
miserable, so I started building my own team in
2006, but not with any plans to race. Then I
decided to race in the Iditarod just once. Well,
that was fun, so I figured I’d do it one more
time. By now, I’m starting to realize that I
need to run dogs to feel like me—so here we go
again.” Before dogs, she says she used to
telemark ski, rock climb, white water kayak, train
horses, hike etc. Now, she says between working
full time and training, she barely has time to
sleep. Karin is married to Varan Hoyt.
Karin Hendrickson, 38, was
born and raised in California. She graduated from
the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991 and
has lived in Idaho and Colorado working as a
teacher and college student. She now works in
Environmental Regulation here in Alaska, where she
moved in 2003 to run dogs. "My mom had been coming
to Alaska to volunteer for the Iditarod since 1998,
long before I knew a thing about sled dogs or how
they would take over my life. In 2002, she talked
me into coming up to volunteer. I returned to
volunteer again in 2003 and that is when I knew my
future. I sold my house and everything in it, quit
my job and headed North. I spent two years learning
the ropes and paying my dues as a handler. I loved
the lifestyle and running dogs - then I got to run
a race (the 2005 Tustumena 200) and that got me
hooked even worse. For the last couple of years
I've been working on building my own kennel and
racing my own dogs. Now I have a small kennel of
talented young dogs, and it is time to shoot for
the Iditarod." Before dogs, she says she used to
telemark ski, rock climb, white water kayak, train
horses, hike etc. Now, she says between working
full time and training, she barely has time to
sleep. Karin is married to Varan Hoyt.
Results
Karin finished 36th in 2014, 40th in 2013, 36th
in 2012, scratched in 2010 and 2011. Karin was a
rookie musher in 2009 and was the first female
rookie across the line in 40th place.
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