Iditarod Musher Profile

	Seeley Lake, MT, USA
Photo © Jeff Schultz.	Kirk Barnum
	Kurt Barnum, 41, was born and raised in California. He began mushing in 1995, and in 1999, he moved to Montana to run dogs. He says that after racing some good mushers in Wyoming, I wanted to run the Iditarod." A forester for the last 20 years, Kirk says he enjoys music, boats, dutch oven cooking and wildlife. "I like raising my own dogs from puppies. My kennel is usually about 50 dogs. When I'm not working with the dogs, I enjoy running rivers and pulling plugs for salmon and steelhead in drift boats."
	Sponsors: Tanya Fife, DVM; Coolwater Carpentry, ID; SAndy Englund, CA; Mike & Vi Bramhall, MT; D.K. Wade, MT; Diane Thormahlin, MT; Tuck & Bronline Barnum, CA; Kris Barnum; Clarkston Center/Walla Walla Community College; Red River Hot Springs Resort, ID; Charlotte & Don Frazier, CA; Steve Hayward Insurance, CA; Bill Busher, ID; Dan Foulds, ID; Luke Moser Programming, MT;