I was talking to my nephew and told him I had finally ordered some snowshoes to try out. He told me to be careful of 'snowshoe sickness'. I had never heard of any such thing so had to research it on the Internet. Here is what I found out.........
When some people begin hiking on snowshoes, they develop what French-Canadian trappers called mal de racquette—snowshoe sickness. This involves a cramped contraction of muscles in the leg and instep that can disable a person for days. To avoid this malady, snowshoe only an hour or so the first time out. Lengthen the sessions gradually on successive outings.
As long as your straps are cinched tightly, walking in snowshoes is, well, a cinch. It is handy for snowshoers to carry a ski pole as an aid to forward progress, balance, going up and down hills and regrouping from spills. The
use of poles also gets the upper body moving in a manner similar to cross-country skiing, thus improving the quality of a workout. Going uphill and downhill requires some energy and careful stepping.
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