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How Snowshoes Work,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
In these modern times, when snow falls,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we tend to stay inside by a nice, warm fire. Our ancestors didn't have that option, though. It wasn't a matter of convenience,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it was a matter of survival. So, 6,000 years ago,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], around the same time that the wheel was invented, these people strapped flat materials to the bottoms of their feet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which allowed them to walk around as if they were floating on the snow [source: Samuels].
Throughout the next six millennia,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], snowshoes continued to get people to places that would otherwise be impassable due to snow. These days,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], we're much more likely to use snowshoes for winter recreation than for survival. Snowshoeing has become a popular activity because the equipment is relatively inexpensive (and much less bulky and unwieldy than the snowshoes that were in use just a few decades ago),[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and it requires very little specialized skill. Many of the sport's aficionados claim that if you can walk,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you can snowshoe,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], making it a viable option for everyone from young children to aging adults.
The next time you're at a ski resort but don't feel up to whooshing down the slopes all day, you might consider snowshoeing; many resorts and gear shops rent snowshoes to those who'd like to try them out. Or, if you live in a snowy climate and spend most of your winter exercising in a smelly gym,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], you could purchase a pair for less than the cost of a treadmill and get a workout that burns more calories than running [source: Pennington]. Snowshoes are often used by hunters,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], because it leaves their hands free to hold a gun. And if you'd just like to get closer to nature, in quiet,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], snowed-in nooks that even skiers can't reach,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], then snowshoeing may be just the hobby for you.
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