Talking to The Lance<\/em> recently, Manness said the 90-page book includes “carefully curated winter activities” including fat-tire biking, cross-country skiing, showshoeing and winter hikes that vary in distance and difficulty. It also features items on winter sport etiquette, and winter camp suggestions, as well as some tasty winter recipes.<\/p>\n Featuring hand-drawn maps, Hike Manitoba: Winter Edition<\/em> also includes photos by local photographers and adventurers. In total, the book showcases more than 50 hikes — many are spread around the city and beyond, and all are within the province. Hike locations include St. Vital, St. Boniface, the Exchange District, East Kildonan, Transcona, Fort Whyte, Assiniboine Park and River Heights. <\/p>\n Aside from her passion for hiking and her love of the outdoors, Manness — a clinical resource nurse at Health Sciences Centre — said another part of her motivation to write the book was to help alleviate the stress of her job. The book follows in the footsteps of a summer edition. Manness had originally intended to release them as one book, but decided to split them into two editions because of the volume of material she had.<\/p>\n Emphasizing the mental and physical benefits of getting out into nature — not least in the middle of a pandemic — Manness said that while she’s been hiking seriously as an adult for about a dozen years, she can trace her love of the outdoors back to childhood.<\/p>\n “I can remember hiking and skiing when I was little, and my family would hike until sunset,” Manness, 40, said.<\/p>\n “We’d sleep in a tent, and you were so exhausted you slept so well. I remember those were some of the greatest days.<\/p>\n “Nursing is tough and challenging, and it can take its toll. I started realizing the more I hiked, the better I felt. I was sleeping better and in better shape. It’s something to look forward to, and it’s a place to reconcile and regroup, if I need to.”<\/p>\n Depending on the time, day and location, Manness is sometimes joined on her hikes by her fiancé, Ed, and their dog, Jasper.<\/p>\n “Jasper’s a fearless little four-wheel drive dog. He knows what his hiking harness and bodypack looks like.”<\/p>\n
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