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Jack & Pam Beckstrom
- Our Race Marshalls
 Jack and Pam Beckstrom are the glue that has held together Montana's
premiere sled dog race for years. We are truly
honored to have them both at the helm for the 2005 Inaugural Mt. Shasta
Regional Race. Welcome aboard Jack & Pam.
Jack and Pam Beckstrom operate a small racing
kennel in Olney, Montana. Jack has raced long distance,
mid-distance, and sprint races since the early 1970s. Pam enjoys skijoring, recreational mushing, and dog
handling. Jack has been featured on the cover of Mushing Magazine
and has spoken at many sport-related symposiums, talking about nutrition,
training, and conditioning. He and Pam have authored numerous articles
about equipment, nutrition, mushing, and Race to the Sky. They were also
two of the original organizers of the 20 year old Race to the Sky, a 350
mile sled dog race held in Montana each February. Jack also founded the
Root Beer Classic, a weekend dog sled race near Polebridge. It is the
longest running race in Montana (24 years).
Their business, Adanac Sleds and Equipment, is
a Montana business that has been making custom dogsleds, harnesses, and
equipment for dogsledders and ski-joring equipment for over 30 years. The
mail order business sells products on their website to mushers all over the
world including New Zealand, Japan, Korea, South Africa, England, Scotland,
Italy, Switzerland—wherever there are sled dogs.
Adanac Sleds and
Equipment - Olney,
Montana
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Veterinarian Care.
The Vet Check on Friday, Feb. 25th will be a
public event intended to educate spectators about the meticulous dog care
involved with maintaining these exceptional canine athletes. Among the list of
things the vets will check for are: hydration, heart rates, feet, joints and
muscles, skin and abdominals as well as making sure that the dogs are current
with vaccinations. Each dog must pass all tests to be allowed to compete. Veterinarians
will be on call throughout the race weekend.
Dr. Sue Geske and Dr. Pam
Barker - Veterinary Race Consultants!
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Sue Geske, DVM and Dr. Pam Barker
have committed to
being our race veterinary consultants for 2005.
Welcome Dr.
Sue! Dr. Sue Geske Ph.D, DVM is
one of the most experienced sled dog vets in North America. She has been
the head vet for Montana's Race to the Sky and is highly
respected and liked by all her Musher and canine friends. She hails from Bozeman, MT. She owns
Double Diamond Veterinary Hospital. It is a general practice which
also serves as a center for canine sports medicine and physical
rehabilitation. She has been a sled dog veterinarian for 7 years.
Dr. Geske is the Chief Veterinarian for The Race to the Sky sled dog
race in Montana and has held this position for 6 years. She has
also been a race vet, multiple times, for the following races: John
Beargrease (MN), Seeley Lake 100-200 (MT) and the Philipsburg Races
(MT).
She has one dog, a
German shepherd who has little inclination in being a sled dog. She
has two girls (7yrs. and 10 yrs.) who are great mushers. Dr. Geske
is a member of the International Sled Dog Veterinary Medicine
Association, the American Canine Sports Medicine Association as well
as state and national veterinary medical associations.
 Welcome Dr.
Pam! Dr. Pam Barker was born and raised in Alaska. She
graduated from Washington State College of Veterinary Medicine in 1996.
Prior to
that, she taught high school biology and English, worked in mental
health and worked her way through undergraduate school as a zookeeper at
the Alaska Zoo. She currently practices small animal and equine medicine
in Whitefish, Montana.
Pam has served as a race veterinarian at events in Montana and on the
Copper Basin 300 Race in Alaska. She also served for several years as a
handler and race start volunteer for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race in the
1980's. Pam got her start in dogs with AKC obedience competition dogs
when she was in high school. She and her Gordon Setter were a
multi-certified team for Alaska Search and Rescue Dogs.
Pam and her husband, Craig Conklin, own a team of registered Siberian
huskies (NiteFlite Siberians) that race, tour and show. The NiteFlite
Siberians also are involved in public education in local schools,
veterans' homes, youth groups and Camp Mak-A-Dream, a children's
oncology camp.
In their spare time, Pam and Craig enjoy hunting, fishing, camping and
riding their horses.
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