DeepSpaceNebulae t1_ja88s1v wrote on February 27, 2023 at 4:05 PM

Reply to comment by ledow in Didn't fear and rescued by M178music

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 on February 27, 2023 at 4:58 PM

>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 on February 27, 2023 at 5:08 PM

I guess he means a pair of these.

This is how they're worn

And here they are in action

Ok-Camp-7285 t1_ja8ulzd wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:25 PM

Thanks. Not quite as sleek as I had in mind but still pretty cool

Softcorps_dn t1_ja8hk4d wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:03 PM

Just search for "ice safety spikes"

[deleted] t1_ja8qu26 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 6:02 PM

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OutOfStamina t1_ja8kd31 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 5:21 PM

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.