{"id":22186,"date":"2025-12-31T05:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/?p=22186"},"modified":"2025-12-31T05:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T05:34:11","slug":"lumikengat-snowshoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/lumikengat-snowshoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lumikeng\u00e4t \/ Snowshoes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aloin harjoittelemaan lumikengill\u00e4 juoksua ja k\u00e4vely\u00e4 20 vuotta sitten valmistautuessani Pohjoisnavan seikkailuun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Siit\u00e4 l\u00e4htien lumikenk\u00e4ily on kuulunut osana talviharjoittelua, mik\u00e4li lumitilanne on sen sallinut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viime talven aikana en &#8211; kiitos v\u00e4h\u00e4lumisuuden- lumikenk\u00e4illyt lainkaan, joten l\u00e4hdin Vatnaj\u00e4kull -j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6lle vanhoilla pohjilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hyvin se silti meni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lumikenk\u00e4ily<\/strong> on yksi maailman vanhimmista talvisista liikkumismuodoista. Sen juuret ulottuvat <strong>tuhansien vuosien<\/strong> taakse, aikaan jolloin ihmiset etsiv\u00e4t keinoja selviyty\u00e4 syv\u00e4ss\u00e4 lumessa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viime vuosisadalla materiaalit kehittyiv\u00e4t, jolloin puu ja nahka vaihtuivat <strong>alumiiniin, muoviin ja synteettisiin siteisiin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>K\u00e4yt\u00e4n kahdenlaisia lumikenki\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pinta-alaltaan suuremmat ovat k\u00e4vely\u00e4 ja pienemm\u00e4t (ja selv\u00e4sti kevyemm\u00e4t) ovat juoksua varten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>N\u00e4ytt\u00e4\u00e4 silt\u00e4, ett\u00e4 saamme pian t\u00e4nne etel\u00e4\u00e4nkin lumipeitteen. On siis lumikenk\u00e4treenien vuoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>************************************************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started practicing running and walking with snowshoes 20 years ago while preparing for a North Pole expedition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since then, snowshoeing has been part of my winter training whenever snow conditions have allowed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last winter, due to the lack of snow, I hardly did any snowshoeing at all, so I headed to the Vatnaj\u00f6kull glacier without training..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even so, it went very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Snowshoeing is one of the world\u2019s oldest forms of winter travel. Its roots go back thousands of years, to a time when people were searching for ways to survive in deep snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the last century, materials developed, and wood and leather were replaced by aluminum, plastic, and synthetic bindings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I use two kinds of snowshoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ones with a larger surface area are for walking, and the smaller (and clearly lighter) ones are for running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It looks like we may soon get a snow cover here in the south as well. So it\u2019s time for snowshoe training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"773\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-773x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/LK4.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Talvi \/ Winter 2023\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"1030\" src=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-579x1030.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-579x1030.jpg 579w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-844x1500.jpg 844w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL-397x705.jpg 397w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/TSL.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These shoes are made for walking&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aloin harjoittelemaan lumikengill\u00e4 juoksua ja k\u00e4vely\u00e4 20 vuotta sitten valmistautuessani Pohjoisnavan seikkailuun. Siit\u00e4 l\u00e4htien lumikenk\u00e4ily on kuulunut osana talviharjoittelua, mik\u00e4li lumitilanne on sen sallinut. Viime talven aikana en &#8211; kiitos v\u00e4h\u00e4lumisuuden- lumikenk\u00e4illyt lainkaan, joten l\u00e4hdin Vatnaj\u00e4kull -j\u00e4\u00e4tik\u00f6lle vanhoilla pohjilla. Hyvin se silti meni. Lumikenk\u00e4ily on yksi maailman vanhimmista talvisista liikkumismuodoista. Sen juuret ulottuvat tuhansien vuosien [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22186"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22191,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22186\/revisions\/22191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}