Author Topic: Evergreen tragedy  (Read 692 times)

Offline stinkyfingers

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Evergreen tragedy
« on: Jan 23, 2015, 07:01 PM »
I read in today's Post about Mr. Henika who broke through the ice at Evergreen and basically died of hypothermia as a result. Two facts as reported jumped out. One, that  the ice was 16" thick and the other that he spent 35 minutes in the water. Apparently he was on an ATV with a blade but that certainly shouldn't have busted that much ice. It's a crying shame that there was nobody near enough and capable of offering rescue help. He sounds like a very well regarded man in that community and it's a pity he lost his life that way. Any wisdom to be had from this group?
We're born, we live for a while, and then we die.  Sounds like a good reason to go ice fishing.
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Re: Evergreen tragedy
« Reply #1 on: Jan 23, 2015, 08:27 PM »
Indeed a shame, overall having that much ice, one would think you wouldn't need safety picks.  Just reinforces the saying "there is no such thing as SAFE ICE"
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Offline Monovasia

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Re: Evergreen tragedy
« Reply #2 on: Jan 23, 2015, 11:55 PM »
A real sad tragedy... I believe he went in at the bear creek inlet , the ice there is no where near 16... That area of the lake is sketchy...

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Re: Evergreen tragedy
« Reply #3 on: Jan 27, 2015, 11:43 AM »
We'll said
VEXLIAR  $450.00 STRIKEMASTER ICE AUGER $400.00 CLAM ICE HOUSE $250.00  STCROIX JIG RODS $100.00  HEATER FOR ICE HOUSE $75.00 PAIL OF SLOB PERCH PRICELESS

 



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