Mushing in Germany

I found this picture from Uli Schlotterbeck on the homepage of the Alpentrail. It´s a famous mid-distance stage race in the Alps created and held by Lutz Binzer and his crew. It´s worth to have a look on www.alpentrail.de
I hope this musher on the pic didn´t happen something worse and he and his dogs are fine. But I think it shows the energy and power a dog team has and that mushing isn´t that safe sport everyone who is not involved thinks. It´s more than standing on the runners and let the dogs work, it needs a lot of energy, physical and psychical fitness of the musher, too. Stay safe everyone and have a great mushing season.
Melli