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Post by desert dweller on Sept 13, 2016 7:14:58 GMT -8
World's oldest snowshoe found on a glacier in Italy's Dolomites
The snowshoe from the time before Ötzi in Bolzano
Carbon-dating has shown that the rudimentary snow shoe, made of birch wood and twine, was made between 3,800 and 3,700 BC
Nick Squires
12 SEPTEMBER 2016 • 6:59PMThe shoe, which consists of an oval-shaped frame with strands of twine tied across it, was found by Simone Bartolini, a cartographer from Italy’s Military Geographical Institute, who was mapping the border with Austria.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 13, 2016 7:20:07 GMT -8
Cool stuff. I like the places where I feel like there's a direct line from ancient technology to ours. When you think about it, the basics of snow shoes hasn't changed in nearly 6000 years.
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Post by amaruq on Sept 13, 2016 10:42:54 GMT -8
That's pretty cool.  |
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Post by desert dweller on Sept 13, 2016 10:45:46 GMT -8
Ancient aliens must have showed them how to build it. No way our ancestors were smart enough on their own. |
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Post by Lamebeaver on Sept 13, 2016 12:03:30 GMT -8
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Post by reuben on Sept 13, 2016 13:37:52 GMT -8
I knew I left it somewhere. I've been walking around with just one for a long time. It's been kinda awkward.
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Post by BigLoad on Sept 13, 2016 13:48:31 GMT -8
Cool!
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Post by reuben on Sept 13, 2016 15:22:02 GMT -8
Just one? One snowshoe? The mind boggles. Well, there's a band called One eskimO, so why not? |
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Post by tigger on Sept 13, 2016 15:33:55 GMT -8
I think I've owned my MSR's for longer...
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Post by swimswithtrout on Sept 13, 2016 16:09:56 GMT -8
There's a reason why no one makes snowshoes out of wood and rawhide anymore.... So they can last longer than 6,000 years ? ? ? The reason they're hard to find is they're not as "fashionably cool" as Al and neoprene, the same as exterior frame packs. |
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Post by Lamebeaver on Sept 13, 2016 18:23:14 GMT -8
Not all "good" but I'm sure a pair of aluminum and nylon snowshoes would probably last much longer than that.....
I own a pair of Safesport snowshoes from the mid 70s's but the new ones are so much more convenient, and perform much better in powder.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 13, 2016 19:41:41 GMT -8
Perhaps so, but the basic structure is still much the same. I was just thinking about the design...something that we can immediately recognize 6000 years later. Whereas a kid today wouldn't even recognize a phone from my childhood as a telephone. |
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