OT: How about this for exercise? Quilts in the Snow---WOW!

[Guest guest]

Joan Schultze, DC

Lake Oswego

Man Walks All Day to Create Spectacular Snow Patterns

Artist

Simon Beck

must really

love the cold

weather! Along

the frozen

lakes of

Savoie,

France, he

spends days

plodding

through the

snow in

raquettes

(snowshoes),

creating these

sensational

patterns of

snow art.

Working for

5-9 hours a

day, each

final piece is

typically the

size of three

soccer fields!

The geometric

forms range in

mathematical

patterns and

shapes that

create

stunning,

sometimes 3D,

designs when

viewed from

higher levels.

How long these

magnificent

geometric

forms survive

is completely

dependent on

the weather.

Beck designs

and redesigns

the patterns

as new snow

falls,

sometimes

unable to

finish a piece

due to

significant

overnight

accumulations.

Interestingly

enough, he

said, 'The

main reason

for making

them was

because I can

no longer run

properly due

to problems

with my feet,

so plodding

about on level

snow is the

least painful

way of getting

exercise.

Gradually, the

reason has

become

photographing

them, and I am

considering

buying a

better

camera.

Spectacular

art for the

sake of

exercise!

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