Tag: cold weather hiking

• Surviving the Cold Snap

  

  A key to my feet being warm was the addition of foil insoles. I do not remember where I learned of this technique, but it really works! I cut the shapes of the soles of my feet from bubble wrap that has foil on one side.

  Tammy Nara

  February 2, 2019

  Build habit of Creativity, Hiking

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• Joy and Gratitude

  

  Today is a gift. It is Monday. The weekend went by so fast. My to-do list was mostly still undone Sunday night and I was giving up. Accepting that I was about to have another week of scrambling from one thing to the next, I noticed my phone buzzing. My employer cancelled Monday due to […]

  Tammy Nara

  January 30, 2019

  Uncategorized

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• How cold is too cold to hike?

  

  I am challenging my former ideas about this topic. I used to refuse to jog outside when it was 20°F or colder. That’s 20 above zero. Pretty wimpy for a Minnesotan. In Celsius it’s -7° which seems a bit more reasonable to stay indoors, but if I stick to that threshold for walking I’d need to put away my hiking boots for most of the winter.

  Tammy Nara

  January 27, 2019

  Hiking

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