Hiking

[Pax]

Our hike was a total bust, my knee was hurting earlier today and even though I iced it just got worse. So I limped for about 3/4 of a mile and had to throw in the towel. I get so frustrated, it was supposed to be better after I went through that barbaric torture, and so many days it's just the same. I feel like crying.

[Catrin]

Our hike was a total bust, my knee was hurting earlier today and even though I iced it just got worse. So I limped for about 3/4 of a mile and had to throw in the towel. I get so frustrated, it was supposed to be better after I went through that barbaric torture, and so many days it's just the same. I feel like crying.

((((Pax)))) so sorry

[emily_in_nc]

Bummer, Pax, I am really sorry too. I can only imagine how frustrating that was.

[Pax]

Came home and iced over the next few hours, took some advil, and shared a bottle of wine with my honey. Amazingly, now I'm not feeling quite so cruddy. Just have to work through this new reality and keep trying. Thanks for the commiseration.

[Crankin]

Sorry about the aborted hike, Pax. The wine helps . I had to have 2 glasses just to get through 1/2 of the Super Bowl. DH had me under threat to be sociable, which wasn't hard, as we were with closer friends, but really, I would have rather been in my house, reading. Now safely home.
I hope you look into the shorter cranks thing mentioned in the other thread.

[north woods gal]

Not the greatest snow, over here, either, but at least we do have enough snow to ski. Reports are that the groomed trails are okay, but I don't do groomed trails and my backcountry trails are pretty dangerous, now. Have a couple of inches of snow on top of almost solid ice pack. Makes for way too much glide and almost no kick or control. Pretty spooky for downhill stuff. Forecast is for more icy stuff and then some more weather in the 30s, next week, so not looking good. Not complaining, though. Sounds like I'm lucky to have any snow.

Sooo ... rather than aggravate last week's bike bruising, I went snowshoeing, today, instead, just to play it safe. Did four miles which included some backcountry swamps and bogs that are normally inaccessible other times of year, places that probably never see a human and all within hiking distance of the house. Cool.

Also, this is my first set of woman's specific snowshoes and I love them. They're made by Crescent Moon and they're designed for a woman's narrower and shorter stride, so I can walk normally, not the usual bowlegged style I've had to use with other shoes, all the more so because I am pigeon-toed, too. The beauty of snowshoeing with good shoes is that you can go no matter what kind of snow you have, even pure ice.

[Catrin]

.... The beauty of snowshoeing with good shoes is that you can go no matter what kind of snow you have, even pure ice.

The snowshoes don't go sliding on ice?!?!? COOL! hmmmmmmmmmm