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Blair Braverman
@blairbraverman.bsky.social
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writer and dogsledder
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Leap says thank you all for the kindest words on her pub day!!!
A black husky with a white chest, feet, and snout grins open-mouthed in harness on a grassy trail. She's proud to be dryland mushing and proud to have her first picture book. THE DAY LEAP SOARED, out today!
October 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Is it illegal to forge your dog's signature? Asking for an author.
September 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Sarah's post-sensory-deprivation wisdom:
a screenshot of text: “That was great,” she said dreamily. “I was like, ‘I’m a baby! I haven’t even been born yet!’ I secretly believe that’s the best part of human existence. But apparently even when you haven’t been born yet, you’re still confused about some stuff.” “What do you mean?” I asked. “What I mean,” she said, “is that there’s no fall from grace into consciousness as a person. I think you’re just dealing with consciousness the whole time.” “That’s smart,” I said. “Yes,” she said. “I’ve gotten a lot smarter in the past hour.”
August 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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August 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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I agree completely -- she does such an incredible job with dogs as individuals. I mean. GRONCH??!!!
August 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Flame and I are sooo excited to share a first peek at The Day Leap Soared, featuring breathtaking gouache paintings by @oliviawhen.com!!
August 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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A story from a few years back, when the team got caught in a whiteout blizzard. Hari is very old now, but he's still the sweetest gentleman I know.
August 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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For @outsidemag.bsky.social , I've been trying a series of micro-adventures--including, most recently, three minutes in a -200F freezer. It kinda felt like home.

(Thanks, as always, to my @abigailwise.bsky.social!) www.outsideonline.com/health/welln...
A woman wearing a beaver fur helmet and elbow-length beaver fur mitts--which she handmade from beavers that her sled dogs ate--peers out the top of a strange metal freezer-coffin that says CRYOEFFECT CRYOTHERAPY on it. She's grinning. It's unclear, in the photo, whether the freezer is on or not.
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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A little clip from a recent keynote I gave, featuring Refried 🎶
May 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Hi that’s me! Here’s more Refried :)
May 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Y’all your guesses are as good as mine 😩😂
A screenshot of texts with a photo of sled dogs from behind at night. The texts say “Musher ilmflo. Pick race. On thT ppl gehy k rtexg link “ and “Hy ppl ertexy”. I responded “I don’t know what this means!”
April 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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She’s chilling at the house of Redington with another legend. ❤️
A gray dog with a white stripe on her forehead lies on the ground looking at the camera. She’s next to a man in a black hoodie on a couch, looking over his shoulder with a white beard and red hat and headlamp on. He’s Raymie Redington, son of Iditarod founder Joe Redington and father of Iditarod champion Ryan Redington. The walls behind them are all covered with awards and photos of beloved dogs.
April 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Highly confusing to be getting political texts in the middle of dogsled race season
A screenshot of a text from a random number with the words "This is anyone's race to win."
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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They fucking did it. They mushed to Nome.
A man in a white parka sits next to a gray and white husky with a white strike down her forehead. She nibbles something tasty off the ground while he looks over his shoulder. Above them is the burled arch that marks the Iditarod's finish line in Nome. They did it.
March 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Iditarod posted this on their facebook about an hour ago 🥹
Two dogs in front of a team trot forward confidently on a snowy trail. The lead dog on the right side of the photo is lanky, with dark fur and orange paws and ankles. The lead dog on the left side is gray and white, with an unmissable white line across her forehead. They both look confident, comfortable, and perfectly content.
March 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Prusik was lonely. Q consoled him by dressing up as a goat. This helped for a little while.
A white goat stands stiffly on a cement porch by a log cabin, staring at the figure of a man on his hands and knees, draped in a shearling blanket so that he looks like a goat, too.
March 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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I always ask Q my car problems but he’s in Iditarod, so… this thingy is flopping underneath it. I’m guessing it’s not a duct tape situation? Has anyone seen Blowhole?
A photo from the underside of a ford escape showing a flap of metal that’s maybe 18” across hanging down and dragging on the ground
March 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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I spoke at a veterinary conference and they invited me to stay for GOAT YOGA and the goats kept eating peoples hair and jumping off their backs. It was incredible. I wish we could have a huge goat yoga session for all armchair mushers (and everyone else too).
A woman in a tie dye shirt grins deliriously, sitting cross legged on fake grass, as she holds a 6 week old goat to her chest. The goat looks away, thinking about what mischief to cause. In the background, people are sitting in rows, preparing for a new yoga pose. The same scene, but the goat just bit the woman’s nostril really hard and she’s about to have a bloody nose but she can’t stop laughing.
March 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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(Some of y'all may remember Weegee as a puppy...)
An orange-brown older puppy perches high on a fence, right in the corner where two welded-wire pens meet each other. His tail is completely straight and his head is tall and proud. Below him, a brother puppy looks up in awe.
March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Q's Iditarider Heather just texted this photo of Pepé getting ready to lead her second Iditarod ceremonial start -- this time at almost 12 years old. 😭
A gray husky with a white stripe on her forehead stands next to a truck on a short dropline, wearing booties and looking calm but extremely excited. She's a little grizzled and gray but couldn't be more alert and tuned in. She's radiating purpose and joy.
March 1, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Also: bonus SNITCHES GET SCRITCHES merch featuring Kiwi, who barks to tattle whenever any other sled dogs try to get away with things. (Art by Cael Neary, who's currently a plaintiff in the military court case against Trump. Thank you, Cael. ❤️)
A screenshot of a red hoodie on a white background, with a round image of a satisfied-looking brown sled dog with his ears back and tongue out, wearing a collar with a tag that says KIWI and text above that says "Snitches Get Scritches" A photo of Kiwi himself, standing in front of some green bushes, with his head lifted and mouth wide open as he side-eyes the camera, caught mid-tattle
February 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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New BraverMountain merch is available, featuring amazing Iditarod 2025 artwork by Danica Novgorodoff! bravermountain-mushing-2.creator-spring.com
A rectangular black and white illustration in a snowflake-filled frame of a musher and dog team running in front of mountains, with trees in the foreground and background, a dark sky, and a bright moon. The text says BRAVERMOUNTAIN MUSHING on top and IDITAROD 2025 on the bottom.
February 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Pepé checking the trail ❤️
A snowy trail in Alaska, just wide enough for a dogsled. The trail passes through a small clearing, with a huge evergreen on the right and a forest in the background. It's nearing sunset; the sky is pale gray, with a touch of gold at the horizon. A gray husky, in harness, stands calmly in the trail. She is always ready to lead the way.
February 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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The fact that Pepé even came out of retirement this year to lead training... 🥹
A gray and white husky with a snow-covered head stands proudly, leaning into her harness with a perfectly taut line behind her. She's been rolling her head in the snow, and it's covered in flakes. Her tongue lolls out to the side. She has perfect conformation. She's almost 12, but you'd never know it. She's completely in bliss to be leading the team!
February 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM