Give Me Snowshoes! 



by Richard L. Neuberger. . . painting by Harry Borgman 



SKIS are the hot rods of the winter woods. The snowshoe is the 

 steady reliable family sedan that carries the groceries. I'll 

 stick to a pair of snowshoes every time. 



During construction of the Alaska Highway a crew was ma- 

 rooned in heavy snowdrifts beyond Whitehorse. Several of the 

 isolated men had come down with flu. We had some star skiers 

 from New England in our outfit who set off spectacularly to the 

 rescue. 



A day or so later, the skiers as well as the snowbound crew 

 had to be succored by five trappers striding along on oval-shaped 

 Mackenzie River snowshoes. With their knapsacks of food and 



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