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Karin is a musher in the 2012 Iditarod.
Karin is a musher in the 2011 Iditarod.
Karin was a rookie musher in 2009 and was the first
female rookie across the line. She finished 40th
and is from Chugiak, AK, USA She scratched
in 2010.
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Bio
Hometown: Wasilla,
AK
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.
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