Comments on: You’re Going to Get Wet. Just Deal. http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/ Consistently against torture. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Other Mike http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2813 The Other Mike Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:30:27 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2813 Urban Dictionary: F.T.W. F.T.W. means Fuck The World. Its often used by the lower class of youth. --ah, clears up that question.... Urban Dictionary: F.T.W.
F.T.W. means Fuck The World. Its often used by the lower class of youth.

–ah, clears up that question….

]]> By: Adam http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2811 Adam Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:14:56 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2811 Waterproof hiking boots ftw. Waterproof hiking boots ftw.

]]> By: The Other Mike http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2806 The Other Mike Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:33:45 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2806 Trying the Flickr link again...I'm such a newbie, sorry for messing up the post with my amateur b.s. http://www.flickr.com/gp/8867046@N07/gQyqhr Trying the Flickr link again…I’m such a newbie, sorry for messing up the post with my amateur b.s.
http://www.flickr.com/gp/8867046@N07/gQyqhr

]]> By: The Other Mike http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2805 The Other Mike Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:25:02 +0000 http://www.thedeets.com/2007/09/24/youre-going-to-get-wet-just-deal/#comment-2805 Yes, it does end up being a 'just deal with it' situation, otherwise we'd all sit home bored. On my trip to Iceland last June (I put the Flickr photoset link in the website above), I decided to hike up the ski mountains by Isafjordur for fun and exercise. I was offered some skis to use, but the snow was very dirty and abrasive, and the snow was striped with areas of grass and mud and rocks that made skiing riskier than I wanted to do while on someone else's gear. But, once up there, I did wonder if any option (skis or boots) was all that good. The grass was very boggy, the mud was bootsucking, snow was undermined by mountain runoff streams, and rocks were unpredictable. I ended up gingerly walking on the snow where I felt most safe (with a few lump-throating exceptions), rocks where flatly available, bog grass where possible, and when all options were run out, it was quick hops through the wet grass or shallow streams. Picking a route away from the mud was possible, away from the wet was not. Oh, I did wonder what to wear--I had teva-like sandals, vasque hightop hiking boots, and my all-purpose asics running shoes. I choose the runners, but don't know there was a right choice as each would have had something in the Con column. I hope Kyle feet are not too sandalized, did he try with or without socks? Here are some photos from the hike. Enjoy! --<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/208/550106793_0d960447f2.jpg" rel="nofollow">Stepping on the snow</a>...with the stream gurgling right below --<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/192/550155251_d68cc85d8f.jpg" rel="nofollow">Wet feet at lunchtime</a>...my feet dried, but had to go back into my wet socks and shoes for the afternoon hike --<a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/550209933_e549f7997e_b.jpg" rel="nofollow">Which included this little jaunt</a>...it saved me 20 minutes of walking around, but my knees were shaking from the idea of falling into a rock-filled, heavy-flowing, few-degrees-over-freezing water...I didn't want my new camera to get wrecked!! Yes, it does end up being a ‘just deal with it’ situation, otherwise we’d all sit home bored. On my trip to Iceland last June (I put the Flickr photoset link in the website above), I decided to hike up the ski mountains by Isafjordur for fun and exercise. I was offered some skis to use, but the snow was very dirty and abrasive, and the snow was striped with areas of grass and mud and rocks that made skiing riskier than I wanted to do while on someone else’s gear.

But, once up there, I did wonder if any option (skis or boots) was all that good. The grass was very boggy, the mud was bootsucking, snow was undermined by mountain runoff streams, and rocks were unpredictable. I ended up gingerly walking on the snow where I felt most safe (with a few lump-throating exceptions), rocks where flatly available, bog grass where possible, and when all options were run out, it was quick hops through the wet grass or shallow streams. Picking a route away from the mud was possible, away from the wet was not.

Oh, I did wonder what to wear–I had teva-like sandals, vasque hightop hiking boots, and my all-purpose asics running shoes. I choose the runners, but don’t know there was a right choice as each would have had something in the Con column. I hope Kyle feet are not too sandalized, did he try with or without socks?

Here are some photos from the hike. Enjoy!

–Stepping on the snow…with the stream gurgling right below

–Wet feet at lunchtime…my feet dried, but had to go back into my wet socks and shoes for the afternoon hike

–Which included this little jaunt…it saved me 20 minutes of walking around, but my knees were shaking from the idea of falling into a rock-filled, heavy-flowing, few-degrees-over-freezing water…I didn’t want my new camera to get wrecked!!

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