cold

[low_delta]

At 4 am, the temperature was 23 degrees. As of 9:00, it hit 0.0°F. An hour later, it's still zero.

Comments

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

MT and SD? There's winter for you!

I know

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

There's a chance next week of snowshoeing & I was thinking about doing it b/c I might in MT, too, so I feel like I need to know what it's like.

Re: I know

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

What, like a 60% chance of snowshoeing, with an afternoon high?

Re: I know

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

The friend I'm seeing mentioned skiing, and I told him I don't ski, but I'd try snowshoeing (I'll be going slower when I fall).

Re: I know

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

You've just got to learn how to fall!

Re: I know

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

True - and I have a really weak upper body, so getting up afterward when I have fallen skiing has always been a problem.

Re: I know

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Downhill? Cross-country shouldn't be a problem. X-C is like snowshoeing, only the footgear glides. Unless you get on a hill. Then it's less like snowshoeing.

Re: I know

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's what I've fallen in - I guess it just colors everything else (Keiran + long extension on feet = fall in the snow and not be able to get up).

[cynnerth.livejournal.com]

Perfect icon! :-D

Re: I know

[low-delta.livejournal.com]

I used to cross-country all the time. Then I had a chance to go downhill skiing. I thought it would be a piece of cake, but the two are so different, that I couldn't get it at all. And the way the boots are affixed to the skis makes it very difficult to do anything except slide down the hills - including walking around and getting up.

XC skis at only attached at the very front of the toes, so the whole assembly is flexible. You can actually kneel with your knees touching the skis. And moving on skis is actually unlike snowshoeing, but similar to skating.