#but that's very very rare

[darkwood-sleddog]

I may be dumb, but, how does the gangline work? Do you have different sizes for different numbers of dogs? What happens if you need to take a dog off the gangline, and keep mushing, but then you have extra gangline? Where does the extra gangline go?

So ganglines come in various configurations. Some are modular (like my 4 dog line that i use when running all three dogs) and others are not (like my two dog line I use for running only two dogs).

Let's take a look at my gangline:

I've chosen mostly snowy pictures because they provide the easiest view at the line. Above is my typical set up with Sigurd in wheel (the back) and Zombie and Slash in lead (the front). The main part of the line which all other parts branch off from is called the towline/gangline (often used interchangably). This is the black thicker rope of my set up. The tuglines (which attach the dog to the towline) and necklines are red to help distinguish this when packing ganglines away (I had this one custom made with these specific colors and dimensions (longer wheel dog section to acomodate the fact I don't use a bungee and provide more stopping room between the sled/rig and the wheel dogs.

Here's a look from the musher's persepctive:

(sorry for blurry quality, I'm running on video screenshots here...) you can see that the team looks a bit uneven here because usually you'd have four dogs on a line like this. What's nice about modular lines is that i can simple take the unused line off when not in use (they use knots and loops to attach).

Here's a more typical set up using the same gangline:

You can also see the distinguishing colors pretty good here! Again, I have taken one of the lead dog tugline sections off and attached a wheel dog section to the back (in my gangline they are different lengths, but most are all the same length).

Here's one more photo with a good look at the modular gangline:

So some ganglines AREN'T Modular. This means that you cannot switch dogs around on the same line. My single dog and two dog lines are like this:

It's hard to see here but the two dog line is attached as one unit and you cannot separate the two tug lines from each other (a two dog line from Affordable Dog Sleds is pictured with a bungee below, the bungee is black and the two dog section is red and black):

A huge majority of ganglines are made from polyethylene rope which is strong and durable, while also being able to be cut in an emergency situation. Some mushers also like cable filled lines to stop chewing. Another non modular type of line is a nylon line, such as the Howling Dog Alaska Skijor lines with built in bungees (although I have not had much luck with their durability from a malamute strength perspective):

A huge majority of the time I run with either a backpack that faces towards me on the rig or if I'm on the sled a sled bag so I can easily put items in it such as extra lines, leashes, ratchet straps and quick releases. I am also lucky enough to have gotten a Fjallraven Nuk parka last year that has TONS of pockets. Lines don't take up a lot of space!

With the situation on Sunday my husband simple took Sigurd home and then caught back up with me. Simple stuff.

[liones-s]

a big lesson for me was learning that most things are not as fragile as I’d believed. missing a class, or turning in a bad assignment, won’t instantly destroy your professor’s opinion of you. accidentally saying something harsh won’t make your friend want to end the friendship. it takes work to repair these things - it takes effort and research and sometimes a sincere apology - but you can do that because they’re not irreparably broken. what you’ve worked to build, in academia and in relationships and in life, is stronger and more enduring that your mind may teach you to believe. don’t let imagined fragility lead you to giving up

[lungthief]

sometimes u just gotta remind yourself that while ace attorney is about law and justice and stuff it is also about a bunch of young adults living in [CALIFORNIA]

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Came back wrong this, came back monstrous that

What if they came back loving? What if they came back in love. What if the necromancy worked and you cheated death and it's everything you've ever wanted, but now they love you in a way they never did before and you cannot know if that is because they finally know the lengths you are willing to go for them, or because something in this deathless magic bound their soul to yours to guide them home and it left them no. choice.

[ai-kan1]

I rarely draw any memes but got tempted because i thought of aceyuu...

[haematoclan]

I present you my "Donnie, the Emotionless, Absolutely Never Crying Badboy" collection:

and, of course:

Yep, definitively no emotions here!

[hell-fm]

Is he an evil plotting villainous freak that hates you or is he just flirting? 🤔

[spicyraeman]

this got outta hand

[lnmei]

👏💥

[maybmila]

Stay tf away from him ur scaring him lamb

Messy incorrect quotes there will be more

[uncanny-tranny]

Learning to internalize the message above, but art is in all of our bones. If you feel afraid to create art because it won't be "good enough," it's worth it to explore why you feel that fear. Creating art is one of the basic impulses of people, and if you want to create art, then you absolutely must.

[akanemnon]

Existential crisis averted through the power of moss.

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MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[vampdotty]

My first colored video, yipiii ✨

[linkeduniverse]

July art

[morgenlich]

the thing about saying “violence against [fascists/pedophiles/etc] is always justified” is that people immediately begin to expand their definition of who counts as a [fascist/pedophile/etc] to include people they personally don’t like, in order to justify violence against them, whether or not they are actually a [fascist/pedophile/etc] or whether they are actually doing harm (or are very likely to do harm) to others. the solution to dealing with the fact that [fascists/pedophiles/etc] exist in society should never be to go looking for a reason to do violence, or to train yourself to treat violence as a reflexive action.

[kiruamon]

Lifting exercises with Sun?

I heard people headcanon that the DCA might be actually not as heavy as the other animatronics so... have Sun silently staring at you in awe while you pick him up to see if rumors are true.