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http://www.yukon-news.com/news/15feb2008/4299/

The beaver beard

DAWSON CITY

Brent Sass wears glasses.

That may seem a rather innocuous fact.

But when the Fairbanks musher is running dogs at minus 40, wearing glasses becomes quite a feat.

As soon as a neck warmer is pulled over his nose, Sass’s warm breath rises and frosts up his specs.

On the Copper Basin 300, Sass had to choose between seeing and freezing his face.

“I got pretty bad frostbite,” he said.

Sass knew he had to figure something out before heading out on the Quest.

That’s when he came up with the beaver beard.

“I trapped a few beavers this year and their fur is so warm,” he said.

Using straps from an old headlamp, Sass created a beard and mustache combination out of beaver.

It works, he said.

And instead of having to sit and wait for it to melt and drip dry, like mushers sporting real beards, Sass just pulls off his beaver facial hair and hangs it by the fire.

It was such a cozy solution, Sass also created a jockstrap out of beaver fur to keep his privates toasty.