Snowshoeing through history
Nice meditation in the
NY Times on snowshoeing and the history of the snowshoes themselves.
bq.
Making Tracks in a World Gone Silent
One morning after a fresh snow of two feet, on top of another two or three feet already on the ground, a friend and I walked down a steep hill — all the downed timber covered in snow, as were the big boulders and other obstacles that would make walking in summer difficult. It was as if the woods had been flooded and we were navigating through them in a small canoe.
The article links to
Tubbs Snowshoes - in business since 1906 and pretty much the leader in design.
Hat tip to
dangerousmeta
Posted by DaveH at February 6, 2004 9:34 AM