Sex and Snowshoeing Revisited
09.02.12
Courses. Although non-methodical and small in design, this survey revealed some interesting results allied to gender differences and similarities among snowshoers.
I found there to be more similarities than differences among these students when it came to a number of snowshoeing activity interests. For example, both women and men closely equally preferred walking on snowshoes over running on snowshoes; hiking on a backcountry trails over competing in a snowshoe raceway; snowshoeing on a trail with many routes over hiking on a circular trail with a well-spring and ending at the same place; hiking on a moonlit night with few close friends over hiking with a stocky group of friends; and snowshoeing with one or more people rather than snowshoeing alone.
When I asked participants to sort out the reason why they snowshoe, the results were somewhat similar between genders with an realization of ambiance and nature taking the lead. My study showed that 43% of the females and 60% of the males preferred snowshoeing for peaceableness, silence and appreciation of nature; 35% of the females and 27% of the males preferred it for endanger, exploration and fun; 9% of females and 6 ½% of male were for camaraderie, congeniality and sharing experiences; and 13% of females and 6 ½% of males were for reasons of convenience, economical and easy to master.
Source: Snowshoe Magazine
Community Sports Calendar
09.02.12
Coaching Break: Looking for volunteers interested in coaching a Summit COBO boys competitive eighth-evaluate basketball team; Jared Lewis; jared.lewis@curtsy.k12.or.us; 541-322-3406.
Summit Girls COBO Tryouts: For girls in grades five through eight; today for grades five and six; Wednesday for grades seven and eight; 7-8:30 p.m. both days; Cascade Mid-point School, Bend; for players who plan to eventually wait on Summit High; ryan.cruz@bend.k12.or.us.
Peak Boys COBO Tryouts: For boys in grades five through eight who get along in the Summit High School attendance area; today through Thursday; Zenith High, Bend; grades five and six, 5:30-7 p.m.; grades seven and eight, 7-8:30 p.m.; www.summitbasketball.com.
Steer Girls Cobo: For girls in grades five through eight who live in the Flexure High School attendance area; Wednesday and Thursday; 6-8 p.m.; Kneel High; free; Todd Ervin; 541-355-3828; todd.ervin@hook.k12.or.us.
Source: Bend Bulletin
One time I was assembling items for an overview of virgin snow "feature came along and a doublet of water Boucherie-TEX ® hiking boots. Fortunately, I had a jump in the camping works (because the boots are not isolated), so I tried a pair of New Balance Boucherie-TEX ® Boots Homeland Walker. These are my thoughts on the result: 
