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That's interesting to walk in one's own footsteps! I hope Spring comes your way soon after all it's getting close to opening day for baseball! sam 
posted by
sam444
on March 17, 2013 at 9:29 PM
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Hmmm - don't remember having ever tried to walk in my own footsteps. Come to think of it, not sure I want to.
posted by
adnohr
on March 17, 2013 at 7:10 PM
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Naut...
That is one thing I have to continue to work on in exercising - my balance...a lot of the exercises are geared towards it.
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posted by
Rumor
on March 17, 2013 at 7:22 AM
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Nautikos
Good for you and the exercise you give yourself. I should be doing the same here but we have more wolves and coyotes, do be careful because truth is a lone wolf or coyote will attack by themselves without pack.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 16, 2013 at 5:11 PM
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most interesting post....and one easy to try out up here where I don't feel
that we will ever be snow free this year!!
posted by
Kabu
on March 16, 2013 at 3:32 PM
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I know that I change a lot from day to day. That's why it is difficult for me to stay on a schedule or do the same regimen, or a diet, or a program. I have a tendency, always have had, to want to be free to do my own thing, in my own time, in my own way,...or not. LOL
posted by
TAPS.
on March 16, 2013 at 2:51 PM
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Naut
I have only tried walking in my father's foot prints. I am very aware of being different some times than I am at other times. This is very interesting.
posted by
Justi
on March 16, 2013 at 2:16 PM
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Quite intereresting Naut not many would have noticed . Weird that wolf following you, perhaps thought you were a loose pack it would like to join, make a good tale.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 16, 2013 at 11:30 AM
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Re: There's also the factor of crosswind, compounded by temperature
Valid points, Pat. In this case, however, we can pretty well eliminate external physical factors - there was no wind at all (there rarely is much in the woods anyway), and no thaw/freeze cycle - it's been bloody cold all the way, LOL. And the times were pretty equivalent as well - late afternoon before supper...Finally, I have actually noticed this on a number of occasions...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 16, 2013 at 11:27 AM
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An excellent concept, Naut. There were times when I ran out into deep snow for a minute, and for whatever reason threw on my sneakers instead of my boots. After quickly retrieving whatever it was I needed to retrieve, I desperately tried to retrace my steps in the tracks I had just made! For some reason, an amazingly difficult task! Oh, and by the way . . . I think it might have been the snow removal companies that bribed that ignorant ground hog!
posted by
JimmyA
on March 16, 2013 at 10:37 AM
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I would have thought it to have been natural too. Now that I think about it, you are right.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM
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There's also the factor of crosswind, compounded by temperature
that may affect stride and stance (how far forward you lean may differ in a strong headwind). And it's possible there's been some thaw and re-freeze which may shift the position slightly. It's a question of physics. I'm assuming there's been no adjustment in the force of gravity. Could there be a change in coefficient due to the time of the walk, as in, before or after a meal? 
posted by
Pat_B
on March 16, 2013 at 8:53 AM
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