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Re: Off Topic: Wooden snowshoes
By:West
Date: 1/8/2009, 3:35 pm
In Response To: Off Topic: Wooden snowshoes (Bill Hamm)

: Just had a thought, with this really experienced group, anyone ever built
: wooden snowshoes?

: Bill H.

Yes. As a 15 year old with a couple friends we hiked into a cabin , it was uphill and the snow got deeper the higher we climbed in our boots , so it was very tiring wading 2 miles in snow with backpacks on. After a few days of being cabin bound we decided two nights was enough so we decided to make snow-shoes for the slog back down. I found some wire that I fashioned into webbing on triangular frames. The stayed together for a few hundred yards then fell apart... we found that the snow was hard enough to walk on as the weather had turned colder... one of my lessons learned the hard way!

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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2009, 2:16 pm
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Pawistik -- 1/14/2009, 12:48 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2009, 1:48 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2009, 1:50 am
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Dave Houser -- 1/10/2009, 7:52 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/11/2009, 12:37 am
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Roy -- 1/10/2009, 9:18 am
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Roy -- 1/14/2009, 6:42 pm
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Greg H -- 1/15/2009, 3:53 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/15/2009, 1:47 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/10/2009, 10:29 am
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Aaron H -- 1/9/2009, 8:30 am
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Aaron H -- 1/15/2009, 8:17 am
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Pawistik -- 1/19/2009, 12:24 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/16/2009, 2:13 am
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Scott Shurlow -- 1/9/2009, 7:31 am
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charlie r -- 1/8/2009, 8:45 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/8/2009, 8:27 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2009, 8:46 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/8/2009, 8:59 pm
Yeah, wooden shoes, I remember those...
skiffrace -- 1/8/2009, 7:59 pm
Re: Yeah, wooden shoes, I remember those...
Glen Smith -- 1/8/2009, 8:05 pm
Re: Yeah, wooden shoes, I remember those...
Robert N Pruden -- 1/8/2009, 8:25 pm
Re: Yeah, wooden shoes, I remember those...
West -- 1/8/2009, 9:33 pm
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Robert N Pruden -- 1/8/2009, 9:40 pm
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Roy -- 1/8/2009, 6:17 pm
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West -- 1/8/2009, 3:35 pm