hikingfish
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Last winter was my first snowshoeing winter. I was fortunate to find 2 new friends that wanted to do activities with me, even though I wasn't very fast.
They would always do the same mistake though: They would never bring enough gloves and didn't have a waterproof pair either. Their hands would eventually start getting quite cold as you can imagine. I always offered my chemical hand warmers (which they'd never bring along).
This might not be such a big deal for others, but as this was my first active winter, it was to me. Even though I had an extra pair of gloves should something happen to my mitts and I remember thinking at that time that I'd need to be extra careful otherwise I could lose a hand. I figured out later that should the *hit hit the fan, I could always use my feet warmers to warm up my hands.
Anyways, I guess I was willing to sacrifice my security net for my friends. Pretty sure I would of done the same with a stranger too.
They would always do the same mistake though: They would never bring enough gloves and didn't have a waterproof pair either. Their hands would eventually start getting quite cold as you can imagine. I always offered my chemical hand warmers (which they'd never bring along).
This might not be such a big deal for others, but as this was my first active winter, it was to me. Even though I had an extra pair of gloves should something happen to my mitts and I remember thinking at that time that I'd need to be extra careful otherwise I could lose a hand. I figured out later that should the *hit hit the fan, I could always use my feet warmers to warm up my hands.
Anyways, I guess I was willing to sacrifice my security net for my friends. Pretty sure I would of done the same with a stranger too.