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I grew up in St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton and slid my way to school many times. Making some sort of official 'freezeway' seems like an obvious evolution
by mipapage 12y ago
I grew up in St. Albert, just outside of Edmonton and slid my way to school many times. Making some sort of official 'freezeway' seems like an obvious evolution and concentration of something people do a lot of anyway! (In boots, mind you...)
- vidarh 12y agoI'm from Norway, and for a couple of years I worked about 100m away from home. Awesome during summer. Problem was I lived at the top of a steep hill. Come my first winter there I realised the slight issue. It got "exciting" trying to make my way down on the pavement via the direct route, as it involved frantically trying to brake on ice, with the risk of a sudden stop when reaching the ice-free heavily trafficked road at the bottom.... The alternative was walking 5 times as long. I tried 3-4 times before I gave up and went for the "long" route for the rest of the winter. But it's always amusing to watch people who aren't used to cold climates trying to walk on ice after having gotten practice in conditions like ours - the entire way they move is different.