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The basic function of the snowshoe has remained unchanged for some five thousand years, a means of transportation over snow and ice. In recent years, however, improvements in snowshoe design and materials, and an increasing interest in recreation and fitness, have made snowshoeing one of the most popular winter activities in North America. Snowshoeing offers a thorough, illustrated introduction to this fast-growing wintertime sport. Equipment selection, care, and repair; Proper snowshoeing technique; Tips and advice from industry professionals; Preparation and safety; The physics of winter weather.
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Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS 5067 Ritter Road Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 www.stackpolebooks.com
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Printed in the United States of America
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FIRST EDITION
Cover design by Caroline Stover
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Griffin, Steven A. Snowshoeing/Steven A. Griffin.1st ed. p. cm. Including bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-8117-2928-1 (pbk.) 1. Snowshoes and Snowshoeing I. Title GV853.G75 1998 98-12787 976.92dc21 CIP
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This book is dedicated to the memory of Gary Haske, a treasured, smiling friend who through decades shared with me the natural world in all its seasons. Your ashes have returned to your favorite haunts, your snowshoes are hung up. Still, Gary, we follow your trail.
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Contents
1. Introduction
1
2. Snowshoe History
15
3. Snowshoe Principles
29
4. Traditional Snowshoes
39
5. The Snowy World
51
6. On the Trail
63
7. Snow Camping
83
8. The Happy and Healthy Snowshoer
95
9. Avalanche
113
10. Running and Racing
121
11. Who's Who in Snowshoes
127
References
145
Index
149
Page 1
1 Introduction
Each year I watch for the signs of approaching winter: crisp leaves fluttering to earth; chattering flocks of waterfowl preparing for journeys south; my dog puzzled by the thin skim of ice on his water dish.
Finally one day it happens. Water vapor molecules far above earth sublimate into frozen crystals that make their way downward. They fall on an earth's surface cold enough that they don't melt right away.
It snows!
The snow sticks, building to a depth that leads me to shed shoes and socks and head outside for a quick run around the house. The neighbors have seen all this before, and they ignore it the way I ignore their loud arguments, their trespassing kids, their curious habits.
This is my way of celebrating winter, with its cold, its ice, and especially, its snow.
Native Americans once also celebrated the first major snow of the seasonwith a dance. Winter to Native Americans meant hardships, but it was also the season when knowledge and tradition were shared among family and social groups drawn closer by the climate. With the right tools, they prospered in winter. The "welcome winter" dance featured the right tools, used to dance and honored at the dance's center. These tools were snowshoes.
This year my eleven-year-old daughter joined me for the barefoot run around the house in the season's first snow. Like my wife,
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Mary Jo, Elizabeth has her own pair of snowshoes and uses them to enjoy the full long, snowy winter.
And so, the dance continues. Many snowshoes still look much like those used 150 years ago; others reflect the advances of modern technology. They're all practical and yet inspiring, lifting our spirits as they hold us aloft on the snow. They help us do what early residents of North America, as well as their counterparts in Europe and ancestors in Asia, didprosper in winter and celebrate that season.
The Lures of Snowshoeing
I eavesdropped as one custom snowshoe builder was asked what lured him to the sport.
"Freedom," he said, looking off past a clump of pines to the snow-covered Utah mountain beyond. He cherished the ability to go anywhere he wanted, where many others couldn't, wouldn't, or didn't.
A second snowshoer I met on the trail that day asked if I was heading for "the tumble." Wildly energetic snowshoers had found a small slope down which they could run childlike, often as not pulling themselves from the powder after a somersault, dusted head to toe.
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