The funny thing is, I draw with a mechanical pencil in 3 thickness 0.5, 0.7 and 0.9. No fancy art pencils for me. They stay forever sharp and you can get lots of texture with them.
Is Mushing like with sled dogs? Those all sound great. It's good to be well rounded. You never know what you'll excel at until you try it. So do you race your sled dogs or is it, just recreational? If I'm being to nosy let me know, I'll mind my own business.