Didn't fear and rescuedledow t1_ja83bd1 wrote
Reply to comment by Humanius in Didn't fear and rescued by M178music
The guy's wearing a t-shirt.
I think he'd stand more chance of frostbite / hypothermia doing that than anything else.
There is no one piece of advice that will work in all scenarios.
DeepSpaceNebulae t1_ja88s1v wrote
The main reason to do that is because it can be really hard to get out of ice when you’ve fallen through. It’s ice, there’s nothing to grab to hoist yourself up, and will more easily break around an edge when putting weight on it, so you can easily get stuck
By laying on the ice you lower your chance of breaking through, which is the only thing you should worry about. Getting a bit wet and cold is better than soaking and freezing
When I snowmobile on lakes in the winter I have this necklace thing that pulls apart into two handheld spikes so you can stab the ice to get some grip to pull yourself out.
Ok-Camp-7285 t1_ja8gre1 wrote
>When I snowmobile on lakes in the winter I have this necklace thing that pulls apart into two handheld spikes so you can stab the ice to get some grip to pull yourself out.
That sounds like something from a video game. Got a picture?
Lingonfrost t1_ja8i92e wrote
Ok-Camp-7285 t1_ja8ulzd wrote
Thanks. Not quite as sleek as I had in mind but still pretty cool
Softcorps_dn t1_ja8hk4d wrote
Just search for "ice safety spikes"
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OutOfStamina t1_ja8kd31 wrote
I like to think this guy probably knew the pond in question was only a foot or so deep where he was - doesn't look very big. He might not have feared falling in.
PhunnyS7uff t1_ja856wh wrote
This hardly looks like frostbite conditions, wouldnt be too worried about that or falling in
puffmaster5000 t1_ja86612 wrote
Don't forget we can't see what's behind the camera, sun looks like it's going down, they could be miles from shelter, temp drops into freezing pretty quick
aberroco t1_ja8dp9x wrote
No, you unlikely to get a frostbite/hypothermia from laying on ice for a few minutes. But you are if you would fell into ice cold water.
He got lucky, but this was a risk nonetheless.
Bubbagumpredditor t1_ja8bdvb wrote
Added danger of rock hard nips cutting through ice.
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