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How to survive falling through the ice

jphersh22

By jphersh22
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protrapper Proficient

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I have taken a few plunges in beaver ponds back in the woods. I best thing like he said is keep calm. The second you panic your done for.

Good video clips. That should be mandatory viewing at DNR safety training for ATV, snowmobile, and gun safety classes.

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Excellent video! I would also make the same comment about panicking... Not just in going through the ice, but in any serious situation (getting lost, major injuries, etc). Like I tell my kids and the scouts in our troop. If you panic, its likely that you or someone else may die! Keep calm!

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Great Video!!!!!

Had my 7 year old daughter watch it as well.

Knew a guy who went in and never came out. 6 people in the hole he's the only one who didn't make it. Info on this video might have saved him.

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By not going under you are definitely buying more time, let your arms freeze to the sides if you can............Dont worry about getting out for that first minute, get your breathing back then worry about getting out.....lots of things. Will make kids watch this and come up with a quiz. I smell homework! tongue.gif

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Great video, he is right on for those of you who haven't experienced the big chill. I have gone in a couple times. One time i went in just to experience what it is like under a semi controlled environment. I volunteered to retrieve a sled my buddy dropped in 12ft of water. We slid a boat across the ice to the open water. I then slipped in from the side of the boat. My objective was to dive 12ft to the bottom and hook a ski and then swim back up. Once I was in the water it took around a minute to adjust if you can call it adjusting. The tricky thing was trying to hold my breath while i went under, or even to gather enough breath to attempt the dive. As soon as i would take a deep breath and go under the air would just vanish from my lungs, like i had never even taken a breath. It didn't even take going deep, as soon as i was under it was like i had no air at all. It took several attempts and i was able to hook the ski, i was in the water just under five minutes my buddy said. By the time i was done all motor functions had slowed greatly, i needed help to get into the boat and basic things such as grabbing a rope was even difficult. It was cold, but a very good experience for me to know what to expect if i would go under. The other time was late season crappie fishing so the outside temp wasn't to bad but it was also extremely cold, i had 17" sent lock boots on and they are impossible to kick off when you need to. Hopefully this will help give a few people a little better idea of what it is like, Good Luck on the SAFE ice.

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