[nicbou]

> Hot cocoa in front of the fireplace is nice, but after a day of snowshoeing it's incredible

This makes a stronger point than the whole article.

However, the reward for the discomfort wasn't just cocoa. Snowshoeing is hopefully also enjoyable. My point in a comment up there was that you should probably save discomfort for things that have some kind of payoff. Hiking is an excellent example of that.