May 24, 2008
HAVE POLES, WILL TRAVEL
T’was a glorious day for ‘moose hoofs’ as one of my UK Nordic Walking connections calls it — jogging with the poles, in this case up the hills to get the heart pumping. One hour. And that’s Lost Lake down there between the trees. The perfect spot to mull over my new plot.
The Canadian Olympic cross country ski team will be coming into our Callaghan Valley to train this summer (at the new venue for the Nordic events of the 2010 Winter Olympics). A section of trail through the woods has been paved, upon which they will skate with poles. I plan to find out what they use on the tips of their poles that enables them to propel forward without slipping on rain and fine dust and gravel, because the rubber feet I use on my Excel tips slide irritatingly … which is why I’ve been sticking to unpaved trails, using the naked graphite tips (I think they are graphite)
Any suggestions or tips (um… sorry) would me most welcome!!!
Ellen Says:
Just thought I’d tell you that I love the pictures that you include with your posts. It is the only way I have of seeing places I’ll never get to in person. I have a tendency to take pictures of landscape and other bits of nature wherever I travel.
Loreth Says:
Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me know, Ellen!