Travel By Water On Foot (ethical outdoorsman)

I acknowledge the force of karma. On too many occasions I have carelessly traversed the wooded areas, without regard for the spider webs, only to sit back at camp and imagine that the spiders were having the same self deprecating, and general hopelessness (but what I now think is acknowledgement of waste) thoughts that I was overcome with. If in summer its not the homes of the spider, then in winter the deep snow homes of the mouse and other small but noble creatures.

I take no responsibility for your safety, but in the dead of a Canadian winter, there is little worry of falling through. Use the rivers and streams as an indirect and level highway. They allow little need to negotiate dence trees, provide a sure track back, and you avoid the plethora of critter homes found in the bush. If you do use the bush; it makes sense to keep to the snow tracks and trails of moose and deer. These animals evolved small feet and usually step in the same foot hole as their leading feet because of karma.

Keep in mind that you can come on a random thin spot in the ice, so keep your ears peeled even though you may not hear the water benieth beforehand. 

Frozen rivers also have a strange nature where it can be very cold around you, and still have thin spots or spots that will have slushy snow and water just under the snow; this is important to keep aware of while using non rubber soled footwear. 

 If game meat be at hand, leave some of you best spinkles at a mouse's doorstep, or where the crow, magpie or stote will find them. Only the best of your food and of something these animals are familiar with; the gesture will bring you into a whole new culture.