Normally I would rejoice at doing this. But to do this now requires long underwear to prevent the AFO chafing. The AFO is required to prevent ankle rolling, which seems stupid considering all the difficult terrain I am constantly walking on. I spent two hours walking on my fish scale skiis since they iced very badly preventing any glide at all. With the AFO getting a glide is almost impossible. My beautiful waxable wood Asnes skiis have never been used post stroke. They are too fast and the grip on the snow is not as effective for pushoff. I did this the day prior to the deep freeze. Only fell at the very end trying to clear a branch from the trail. Normally I would spin on my back until I got the legs positioned. Now I just remove the skiis and very laboriously get up. The AFO does an excellent job on making getting up with it almost impossible. One handed poling challenges your balance constantly. I can do herrinbones up hills but have to be very careful I don't slip since I can't recover one handed.
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| 7-8 inches of new snow |
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| The trail forward |
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