12-18-2020, 02:29 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-18-2020, 02:45 PM by Springbuck1.)
(12-17-2020, 02:20 PM)FatBiker Wrote: https://gf.me/u/zc26qwGood job on the GoFundMe.
(12-17-2020, 02:55 PM)SkunkedAgain Wrote: Dude I can't believe it was you that went in... You're pretty ice smart... We better all take this as a warning to be extremely careful... Larry you've been an ice fisherman for as long as I've known you and have done a ton of ice fishing... I did not expect this to be someone that I consider an ice expert... I figured it was someone that didn't know ice very well and wandered into a spring or something...........
Hey I'm sure glad you are okay, did you have picks on to help you get out? I heard the harness and sled weighted you down and wouldn't let you get out, guess being able to get free of your sled is a good thing... Sorry to hear you lost your gear and you're going to give up on the ice, but I don't blame you after that close of a call... Thanks for letting us know, I think that will make all of us pay a little more attention to what we're doing when we go out.. Best of luck on your recovery... Jeff
The thing is, Jeff......well for context I work at LDSH and IMC's ERs taking CT and X-rays. EVERY SINGLE PERSON that I've ever seen lose a finger or parts to a power tool, machinery, etc... says the same thing: "I'm that guy that is so careful, I never thought it could happen to me. I'm the guy at has done this for 22 years and never had a scratch. I'm the guy that is constantly telling other craftsmen there is a reason I still have 10 fingers and both my eyes." They are so ashamed, but STUFF happens.
IT CAN HAPPEN TO ANYONE, and eventually will, if you lead an active life. I'm sure FatBiker will have all kinds of hindsight about this, as we all will. Lot's to learn, things to improve, and we all will. I'm just glad he's ok.
The ONE thing that bothers me here, is that every year we hear people preach on this web forum about ice safety and preparedness; people with years of accumulated knowledge, military and other experience, and otherwise strong and capable men. How come nobody had the gear and know-how to help him sooner? Even YouTube has ice-rescue videos. I know a lot of us were Scouts. Was he all alone o the lake? Nobody around?
When I was fishing Mantua on Saturday, I didn't have a rope tied around me, but I did have my rescue-spikes in my sleeves, a little rope in my sled, and a flotation device and 80' of my old tree rope in my car nearby, strong enough to drag a truck out of he lake. Let's ALL prepare better.