In the excellent autobiography "Woodswoman", by Anne Le Bastile, I think, there was scary description of her paddling across a lake as ice was forming. It formed too thin to walk on, but too thick to paddle through, so she was basically trapped in the lake! I recall she had to move to the bow of her canoe, use the paddle to hack a hole in the ice, paddle a few feet through the hole, then repeat, and repeat, and repeat. Be careful out there! Lewis *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
>In the excellent autobiography "Woodswoman", by Anne Le Bastile, I think, >there was scary description of her paddling across a lake as ice was >forming. It formed too thin to walk on, but too thick to paddle through, so >she was basically trapped in the lake! I recall she had to move to the bow >of her canoe, use the paddle to hack a hole in the ice, paddle a few feet >through the hole, then repeat, and repeat, and repeat. Be careful out >there! > Lewis > A friend in Rhode Island once mentioned that he carried a long rope and a grapple in his boat. He'd spin the grapple and toss it onto the ice, then haul himself to it, repeat...... Here in NJ I am liable to carry an axe during winter trips in the Pine Barrens. The centers of these streams stay icefree, but not the edges. So you have to chop your way to shore. Another winter paddler here found somewhere and carries a Peavey. It's a loggers' tool looking like a great big spike on the end of an ax handle. He whacks the ice and pulls himself forward. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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