SNOWSHOEING TIPS & TECHNIQUES TIPS: •Always check your gear, before you go: ◦Are your snow poles telescoping okay ? Maybe a squirt of silicone is in order. ◦Any suspicious cracks in your snowshoe bindings ? ◦Survival gear & knowledge intact ? ◦Familiarity with the terrain youre going to ? Map ? ◦Dont leave home without the 14 essential-gear items ! ◦Make sure someone at home knows where you are (in case of your emergency). ◦Duct tape for emergency patchwork on snow shoes & snow poles •Breaking the Trail: ◦If you are snowshoeing with other people (safer than going alone) take turns leading. It gets very tiring breaking the trail. ◦If you have energetic, want-to-go-fast young people in your group, put them in front and leave them there for as long as is practical and safe. Good for them, good for you. ◦When leading, take into consideration the pace of the slowest member of the group. ◦When leading, make your steps short enough so everyone in the group can follow in them. ◦When following, try to stay in the leaders footsteps whenever possible. This conserves your energy and retains a better, well-defined trail for those who follow you. •Take breaks, as necessary, to make adjustments to your clothing--try to stay dry--avoid chills. •Take frequent breaks to drink water and eat something. Snowshoeing is strenuous and burns off calories and uses up body fluids in the form of perspiration. REMEMBER: In the winter, because of the cold, you may not always get the obvious signs of perspiring, but you are, nonetheless, and those fluids must be replaced.
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