SNOWBOUND IN BOSNIA
Dec 01, 2018
3 minutes
BY AMY MCPHERSON
Snowshoes, I quickly learn, are not really shoes at all. They’re more like the working end of a canoe paddle with straps and crampons attached, designed neither for speed nor comfort, let alone grace. As I struggled to buckle a pair onto my hiking boots, Samer Hajric, our Bosnian mountain guide, knelt down beside me to help. I told him I felt a bit like Cinderella.
“Except, maybe not as elegant,” Samer laughed. “Sorry.” For those who still
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