Grow a Winter Coat!
Dreamed 2025/9/7 by Wayan
I'm hiking with friends high in the Sierra Nevada, above the west shore of Lake Tahoe. A heavy gray lid of cloud clamps down on the Tahoe Basin, muting that famous blue. Down by the shore it's early spring--muddy, the grass just starting to sprout; a few snow patches still, in deep shade. But as we climb the ridge above Emerald Bay, topping two km, it gets snowier. Rugged, steep woods open along ridgetops. Views for miles, but the foreground's dead: snow, mud, dead grass and stone. We've climbed back into late winter.
Brr. We're furry--wolf people--but down in the lowlands we came from, it's mild, well into spring, so we shed our winter coats weeks ago. Way too short-pelted for this subalpine chill, and no one thought to bring clothes. In a California spring?
We're not only on foot, but our feet (or rather, paws) are bare. Snow stings. Tough soles, I won't frostburn on contact, but it does hurt.
Fortunately, we can adjust our forms a bit, so I will myself to toughen my soles against frostbite, and start regrowing my winter coat. Feel that odd push as follicles and footpads go into overdrive and the first millimeter of calluses and new fur extrude. But even at my fastest growth, I'll feel hours of chill.
Pick my way around worst of the snow patches, shiver, climb... and toughen up.
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