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Ice Capade Crusade (Day 138)

4/15/2013

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York, Nebraska. Someone please remind me what season are we in? Winter refuses to give up, but on the flip side I kinda enjoyed breaking out the winter gear and honestly I find myself more comfortable walking in colder weather. Anyway, a large portion of the day was relearning how to maneuver quickly and safely across ice covered surfaces.

Short Summery of Slippy Surfaces (SSoSS):
Frozen grass - most consistent as long as you avoid heads of clumped grass. However, the resistance from the frozen blades eventually wear you out a little.

Frozen gravel - Walked this the most, either in the middle of the road (no one's driving in this crazy weather) were the road is balanced or I walked the very edge were there is a slight incline but the roadside grass prevents my left foot from too much slippage.

Frozen cornfields - Not very user friendly. The turned over soil made it even worse, they were like big slippery jagged rocks. So you move... very... slooowwww.

Frozen rocks & pebbles - Slippery and dangerous and not worth it and crazy town.

Frozen paved roads - Straight ice rink without the zamboni. But, if hail has previously fallen earlier or day before it provides okay traction.

Frozen ditches - These weren't too bad as long as they weren't filled water or long strands of grass.

Frozen mud - Not bad and sort fun to walk on. With a layer of dirty ice on top and melted ice water in between it almost like walking on rough plexiglass. It's also cool watching the air bubbles dance beneath the ice.

I walked on white snow or ice whenever I saw it. It gives excellent traction to prevent you from falling. If it wasn't bright white, it is suspect in my book. Especially at night, you can't miss seeing it even with little light around.

If you are unsure about a surface while walking in icy conditions take my advice and just walk like a elderly person, meaning take your time! It may not look cool, but it will prevent you from becoming a falling fool.
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Douq Millar link
4/15/2013 06:36:45 am

Ah, you're encountering the "famous" Minimum Maintenance roads. They're fine when dry or frozen, but when that mud melts it is simultaneously like glue and slipperiest stuff you can imagine. We got stuck in one in January and had to wait until about 2am for it to freeze again so we could drive.

Walking on the ice frozen over water is fun, sometimes crunches, sometimes you break through.

Hopefully you'll finally get spring. We just returned from vacation of Mississippi and Alabama and it was full spring there; maybe we brought it back with us.

Press on, good luck.

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S. Cleveland
4/16/2013 01:09:16 am

Hey Douq! I hope you enjoyed your vaca! The weather is improving slightly which is great! Its still a bit windy and I'm not sure if that's normal throughout the year.

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douq millar link
4/16/2013 03:21:25 am

Hopefully the cold will be over soon, it's definitely unusual and this is coldest I remember this late in the spring. I recall in your About getting over disdain for cold was one of your goals; you're getting lots of practice.

The wind may be more typical, plus be on the lookout for severe weather. Once it does warm up then it will be tornado season and you'll have chances of severe weather all the way to the Rockies. If your phone will give you accurate weather forecasts and it looks like hail but not tornado then any kind of underpass will provide protection, but for tornado you need to be down low. Chances are very low for tornado but medium for hail; the big stuff can hurt.

Keep on trekking, I love your reports.




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