jhawk
Veteran
- Location
- New Brunswick, Canada
Thought I'd share with you all my snowshoeing story from last night...
Got lost. Very lost.
After about twenty minutes of trekking down the trails, I turned to head back, and my tracks weren't there to follow out. S***. I'd taken a wrong turn somewhere, and now was well-and-truly up shoyte-creek-without-a-paddle.
Tried to re-trace my steps, was going further away from home... Called the old man, he came out with Reggie, our newly adopted Border Collie, and my new best friend. They found me after about twenty minutes of shouting and phone calls and playing music from my phone. I hadn't intended to go anywhere and had fully intended to get back the way I came in, so I had no compass or nowt.
The really scary part was when I came across (on trying to find my way back), bear feces and two fox corpses, looked fairly fresh. I had very bad images of being the new Christoper McCandless! Fortunately, I was found.
What a night. Note to self: Bring compass and whistle next time.
I did manage to get a few good pictures though!
Got lost. Very lost.
After about twenty minutes of trekking down the trails, I turned to head back, and my tracks weren't there to follow out. S***. I'd taken a wrong turn somewhere, and now was well-and-truly up shoyte-creek-without-a-paddle.
Tried to re-trace my steps, was going further away from home... Called the old man, he came out with Reggie, our newly adopted Border Collie, and my new best friend. They found me after about twenty minutes of shouting and phone calls and playing music from my phone. I hadn't intended to go anywhere and had fully intended to get back the way I came in, so I had no compass or nowt.
The really scary part was when I came across (on trying to find my way back), bear feces and two fox corpses, looked fairly fresh. I had very bad images of being the new Christoper McCandless! Fortunately, I was found.
What a night. Note to self: Bring compass and whistle next time.
I did manage to get a few good pictures though!