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Stapler: A stapler will be used to mount everything to the bulletin board.
Push pins: These can be used to hold larger items to the board.
Roll of solid paper: Ideally, one sheet should cover the entire board. Paper is sold in rolls at teacher-supply or office supply stores.
Bulletin board border: The border should be themed to match your display. A variety of borders are available at teacher supply or office stores.
Letters: Bulletin board letters come in a variety of sizes, colors, and fonts. Again, check teacher supply or office supply stores.
Illustrations & photographs: Find photos and illustrations on the Internet, or draw them yourself. Print them out and use scissors to cut out the relevant parts of the photo.
Other display items: You could even mount a pair of snowshoes to the bulletin board, but be careful to not damage either the snowshoes or the bulletin board.

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The safety practices are found in requirement 5 of the Snowshoeing honor.

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Attach the crossbar with a square lash

Once the webbing is complete to your satisfaction, you will need to find another branch about 20mm in diameter to form a crossbar. An ideal candidate for this is the lower portion of the tree trunk from which your snowshoe is made. Cut the snowshoe off the tree. Then place it next to the remaining trunk to measure how long the crossbar should be. If you cut it too short, you will have to find another. If you leave it too long, you will have an awkward pair of snowshoes. The crossbar should extend beyond the frame a distance approximately equal to its thickness. Attach both ends of the crossbar to the frame at the frame's widest section using square lashing. If you are short on rope, but have some woodworking skill and plenty of time for construction, you could also carve tenons and the crossbar and cut mortices in each side of the rim. If you opt for this approach, be sure the tenons are long enough that the crossbar will not fall out. Also be sure the mortices do not remove too much wood from the rim.

Tie a rope to the crossbar to serve as a binding and run it beneath your boot lace.

Once the crossbar is firmly attached to the frame, get another length of rope to serve as the binding. Tie it to the crossbar next to where the edge of your foot will be placed using two half-hitches. Then place the foot on the snowshoe and run the binding beneath the bottom shoelace on your boots (if your boots have laces).

Use a trucker's hitch to secure the boot to the snowshoe.

The next several knots form a "trucker's hitch" which is not shown in the Knot Tying honor, but which is nonetheless, a highly useful knot for securely binding a load. It starts with a slip knot tied above the middle of the foot. This slip knot should be tied such that the loop will tighten when the free end is pulled (rather than when the standing end is pulled). The free end is then run beneath the crossbar on the other side of the foot, opposite the two half hitches previously tied. Then the free end runs into the loop formed by the slip knot. Tie it off with two half hitches. If you have rope leftover, run it behind the heel and tie it to the toe strap with two half hitches.

Completed survival snowshoe.

At this point, your first snowshoe is complete and ready for use All that remains is to make a second shoe. However, since this will destroy a tree, you should probably skip the second snowshoe unless you are indeed in a survival situation. Instead, try the improvised snowshoe out by using a regular snowshoe with it. This will allow you to compare the performance of your creation with a standard snowshoe. You should find that it performs remarkably well.

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Here is a video on making a pair of snowshoes yourself in the bush, and another option on making snowshoes at home inexpensively.

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Once you've gotten the hang of snowshoeing, you will be ready to tackle more ambitious hikes. For these, you can use regular hiking trails, but in the winter. If you lack snow in your area you may need to visit a ski hill or other snow location.

You can also tow extra gear (or small children) on a sled with little additional effort, meaning you can take equipment (or family members) that you would otherwise have to carry. Such extras could include camera equipment, lunch, camp chairs, and even a grill for cooking your food or warming some apple cider. This is a distinct advantage that snowshoeing holds over hiking.

To get your approximate speed, time yourself as you travel (stop the clock when you stop to rest for an extended period). Take along a GPS receiver so you can track where you've been (and thus, the distance you've covered). Google maps has tools available to measure distance as well, but it's not always easy to tell where you've been by looking at an online map or satellite image. You can also determine distance covered by using a topographical map. Once you know how far you've gone and the amount of time it took you to cover that distance, your speed is simply distance divided by time:

[math]\displaystyle{ speed = \frac{distance}{time} }[/math]

If your distance is measured in miles and time is measured in hours, speed will be in miles per hour. To convert hours and minutes to just hours, divide the minutes by 60 and add it to hours:

[math]\displaystyle{ hours = whole hours + \frac{minutes}{60} }[/math]

Thus, two whole hours plus 18 minutes would be:

[math]\displaystyle{ hours = 2 + \frac{18}{60} = 2 + 0.3 = 2.3 }[/math]

If you covered 4.5 miles in that period of time, that would be

[math]\displaystyle{ speed = \frac{4.5}{2.3} = 1.95 MPH }[/math]

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Consult a concordance or search for "snow" in an online Bible.

Many Bible references to snow use snow to define a color or appearance ie "white as snow" including the concept of purity. A few refer to actual snow.

Some spiritual dimensions of snow could include:

Snow is a source of moisture and coolness.
Snow makes a wonderfully warm building material because of its superior insulating properties. Snow being warm is a "contradiction" just as "love thy neighbor" is a contradiction.
Snow is very absorbent. Rolling in snow after falling through ice will absorb a lot of water from clothing so that it can by dried (by fire) more quickly.

Read several of these passages and see what sort of spiritual lessons you can take away from them. Also think about the things you experienced on your hikes. Snowshoe hikes are often serene and peaceful and filled with inexpressible beauty. Is that what you experienced?

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