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JANUARY 20-24th 2009 - Destne in the Orlicke mountains

31.1.2009

Picture from trail:

22 januar , 23 januar, 24 januar

Photographer Jan Galla

24.1.2009

The last stage on Saturday was the shortest from all of the stages - only 25km. It started at 9.00AM. The weather got better and so the competitors could enjoy their last kilometers of Sedivackuv Long 2009.
Big and small battles for the best place in the result list and battles with overcoming own tiredness had been fought. The rest of afternoon was filled with preparation for the evening ceremony, departure home. The helpers and organizators were cleaning and putting away trail markers, equipment and technical appliance.
The closing ceremony was under the lead of the main sponsor of feeding fa.Profilum.
The competitors were given the prices and congratulations from the hands of the town representatives and sponsors. The ceremony started traditionally at 6.00PM.
The result list in pdf format: Výsledky - Results.
All, who took a part in the race, wanted to express big thank you to all the managing team, organization and helpers who stand and help at the checkpoints on the trail. They collected money among themselves and donated it as their appreciation for their work. The money will be spent at the regular summer helpers´ meeting before the next 14th year of Sedivackuv Long.
Thank you all who give their helping hands every year!
Most of the mushers, helpers and organizators together with the director of the race stayed for the evening good bye party. They discussed used tactics and gained experience, healed injuries and disappointment, paid out bets and close new ones, agreed on promising sponsorship, offered and accepted invitations to other competitions, rides, trips, visits and journeys to the far north
but mostly they.........CELEBRATED.

23.1.2009

In spite of the gale warning from the meteorologists Friday´s stage started with the sunshine and the first dogsled set on the way at 10AM. Mushers enjoyed the sunshine mostly when climbing up to the famous part called "Bunkers trail". Immediatelly after descend through "Tobogan" and another climb up to Masaryk´s challet the strong gale about 130km/h made the route very difficult for both the dogs and the mushers. Icy specks of snow were sharply and unpleasantly hitting into everyone´s eyes and perfectly proved ability of the leading dogs in the dogsled. In case of not good psychical balance and resistance this dog cannot keep going against the wind on snow flurried trail. Eventhough some dogs suffered from such a disbalance their masters did not have biggers problems and all of them came safely back to the finish. Mushers and their dog teams will go to the last final 25km stage tomorrow.

Everyone who set off the 45 and 65 km trails was very surprised today by the magnificent and fantastic weather that was on the top of the mountains opposed to the dark, dump and smoggy weather down in the valley. The wonderful and spectaculous weather was prepared by the king of the mountains Rampusak and it has been ordered by the director of the race Pavel Kucera. To climb up the hill was today definitelly worth doing because when one climbed out of the fog, the lovely weather waited for them by Masaryk´s challet and on the ridge. See the enclosed pictures:

The first mushers came back to the finish shortly after 13:15 while the slowlest arrived after th e dark.Both the dogs and their owners have absolutely enjoyed the magnificent moments on the tops and it did not matter whether it was a dogsled, mushers, skijoring or the loveliest discipline of the far north - pulka.

Everyone came back without any injuries, however there were a lot of fast descents and dangerously looking downfalls. See photos:

21.1.2009

The realistic and also traditional feast of all the mushers started this morning. The main race of Sedivackuv long 2009 started with its first stage for 70km out of the total distance 222km.

Before the main 'peloton' group there started our evening riders with their 'Iron Lady' who set off for 90km today.

90 enthusiastic mushers, whose sport became their way of life, set off the main starting point in the rainy weather. Together with their dog friends and inspite of the weather they enjoyed their daily load of kilometres. It was dump, wet and foggy, which made it demanding task not only for outdoor equipment and shoes but also for dogs and their owners. The trail today had to lead to the Polish side to our northern neighbours to fulfill its length. According to the weather the trail was prepared as well as and as much as possible on both the sides of the border.

.Anebo Zdenka Huskova, ktera taktez v Polsku musela neohrozene celit setkani s divokymi prasaty.

Today´s foggy and rainy trail will for sure create a long time discussion topic and stories for a lot of  not only evening dialogues. Among many stories belongs the one from Jiri Vondrak that happened on the Polish side. His whose dogsled almost had a collision with deers, one crossed the trail 5m in front of them and other was following it. However,the dogsled crossed their track and it decided to jump over the two rows of pulling dogs. It must have been a shocking moment for both of them.  Another story comes from Zdenka Huskova who stood face to face to 6wild boars.  

A lot of those who came to start in the morning took their time and enjoyed the trail till the last moment, some of them arriving after 9PM.

20.1.2009 evening

Today the race started with its first night stage and five the brave, two from Germany and three from the Czech Republic. One of the men was a lady with big 'L' - the Iron Lady with her official name Jana Hola. She is also trying to get the ICE DOG titul. All of the mushers from this five came back before midnight.

20.1.2009

Kristýna lives its pre-race life. The last of mushers are arriving after their long way from distant homes. There comes the neverending circle of activities - feeding, walking and preparing for today´s start of the race. The vet MvDr. Petr Hrabak and his helpers have loads of work to do veterinary checkup at all the dogs.

 Today at 12h there will be the first big meeting of helpers, the checkpoints and rules will be set for the evening stage that starts along with the official ceremony at 6PM.

Při tomto večerním programu fa. SportProfi bude letošní ročník Šediváčkova longu zahájen pod světly lamp a loučí. Tento zasněžený večerní obraz můžete vidět, pokud se přijedete podívat sem do Deštného v Orlických horách.

The Sport Profi comp. will begin the Sedivacuv long race at 6PM under the lamps and torches light. You can observe this spectacular evening scene when you come to see, greet and cheer here in Destne in the Orlicke mountains.r

18.01.2009

Hiermit möchten wir uns herzlich bedanken bei:

Herrn Martinu Řehoutovi

Firma Santa's Ranch

und Herrn Martinu Doulíkovi mit seiner Firma SNOWMOBILES

Vielen Dank für die freundliche und kurzfristige Bereitstellung eurer Skidoos.

Heute konnten wir mit unseren polnischen Partnern die Trails und den Biwakplatz fixieren.

Viele der Musher sind bereits in der Chata Kristyna eingetroffen.

The titul THE ICE DOG is donated by companies: Manmat, Profilum and The club of nordic dogs CZ

This titule is for dogs, who will finish following races:

1) ŠEDIVÁČKOVA 111ka - dogtreking In Orlické mauntines 10.-12.10.2008 WEB

2) ŠEDIVÁČKOVA 33ka- cart race in Šumava- Kubova huť, 22.-23.11. 2008 WEB

3) ŠEDIVÁČKÚV Long 222/333km - 20.- 24. leden 2009

13th of January 2009

On 13.1.2009 the number of registered one hundred.

The list of competitors is updated today here.

You can send us your application for Sedivackuv long 2009 by form here and send it by e-mail to: registration2008@seznam.cz

3th of January 2009

THE OFICIAL SHORT MOVE from Destne 2008 you can find on YouTube HERE, The long version you can order on DVD. In case you are interesting please feel free to contact the director office : mueller.kucera@web.de

Video from Destne 2008 you can find on YouTube here

	ŠEDIVÁČKOVA 111ka - dogtreking in the Orlicke mountains following trail of Šediváčkuv long 10.-12.10.2008
All informations here: http://www.sedivackova111.estranky.cz/

Šediváčkův long 2009

The stage dogsled race SEDIVACKUV LONG, one of the longest, the hardest but also the most famous race for the most parts of Europe will take place in Destne for the 13th time. It is a favourite race regarded to the numbers; since the first year in 1997 till the last year 2008 when it had to face the worst snow conditions in the warmest winter time for the last 200 years, there had come the dogsleds from eleven European countries.

The length of the race is also remarkable - the competitors and their dogs run 222km on the ridges of the Orlicke mountains both on the Czech and the Polish sides in four stages. The most experienced racers can apply to the prestige race where they run 333km in five stages including one night stage. All the dogsleds carry the compulsory equipment and load and there is also one compulsory bivouac in between the two daytime stages.

Since 2002 SEDIVACKUV LONG has been a part of the four extreme dogsled races for the award of the IRON SLED DOG MAN. The other three races take part in the Austrian and the Swiss Alps. The race has been run for many years also as the Czech Championship in LONG and in 2004 it was also the Czech Championship in MID (the middle length trail)

This type of race is not demanding only for the competitors and their dogs. It is complicated also from the matter of planning, financing, preparation, propagation, organization and the race itself. Everything depends very much on the weather and snow conditions.

The suitable place of the Orlicke mountains proved to be welcoming for the organizing and managing the outter influences and there has always been chosen a right time, place and also the quality of all the cooperating people taking part in the race.

There has been a good cooperation with Destne in the Orlicke Mountains, with the owners of forests, with the Nature Protected Reserve Orlicke Mountains, with the managers of the accomodation pensions in Jedlova and in the last years also with the Polish partners - the Polish Musher club Amarok, with the village Dusniki-Zdoj and with the custom officers on the borders where the mushers go across a couple times during the race.

There is a very good cooperation with many proved sponsors. Thanks to the experienced photographers and cameramen ŠEDIVÁCKUV LONG provides daily information for the media partners, the broadcast and TV. Every year they broadcast new information and spots and they make an audiovisual documentary.

You can follow the preparation info and the race info on the www.czechlongtrail.com.
But we believe that the personal experience of the place cannot be replaced!!

Even when we have so many partners it would never be possible to organize and manage ŠEDIVÁCKUV LONG without the helpers and volunteers who give into very much of their private time to make the race go smoothly.

A lot of competitors of SEDIVACKUV LONG who keep coming back every year confirm their well done job.

It is a place where start many strong friendships that overcome the borders, language barriers and time.

Thank you for help and the cooperation to all who support us!

Due two last winters everybody must organise accommodation itself this year!!! We are not able to garantee full capacity to pensions and hotels us in last years.

It is very important for all of us to get a new sponsors. Please remember: no sponsors= no race!!! If you can help us, you are very welcome!!!

WE OFFER TO THE SPONSORS:

- We place your company's logo and information on our websites and at the start-finish area.
- We will state our sponsors in all kinds of media, we can do 30s presentation of the company at the opening and finishing ceremonial, we can write a certificate - "This has been tested at the most difficult dog-sled race in the central Europe" - to the goods used and tested during the race
- The possibility to use materials from Šediváčkůc long in your propagation materials
- We will display the gifted prizer for the winers on our websites

The donation contract // The advertising contract

Term: 20 to 24 of Jenuary 2009:

Signing up Sedivackuv long 2009

Entry
Registration for Sedivackuv long 2009 is open, please complete the registration form:

REGISTRATION FORM FOR ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

The contact to the race manager:

Pavel Kučera, Nová 303, 38451 Volary, Czech republic, Tel: 00420 602 109 583, E-mail: mueller.kucera@web.de