My goal in this thread is sharing ideas and having a discussion.
I hope you will add your thoughts, please.
Not many of us fall through thin ice while on a trek, but it does happen occasionally and it results in a anything from a boot full of water to death. So, I think of the incidence of falling through ice as being low, and the consequences as being potentially huge.
Certainly most people I know and most people I trek with are not confident in their comfort judging ice conditions or ice safety. This is understandable because even with thorough theoretical knowledge, application in the field is often high risk. Field situations require the consideration and assessment of many variable factors.
What do you think about the statements above?
What do you think about this statement?
Ice is always getting thicker or thinner.
On lakes this change can be slow. On rivers this change can be fast.
But, ice thickness and strength is always changing.
I hope you will add your thoughts, please.
Not many of us fall through thin ice while on a trek, but it does happen occasionally and it results in a anything from a boot full of water to death. So, I think of the incidence of falling through ice as being low, and the consequences as being potentially huge.
Certainly most people I know and most people I trek with are not confident in their comfort judging ice conditions or ice safety. This is understandable because even with thorough theoretical knowledge, application in the field is often high risk. Field situations require the consideration and assessment of many variable factors.
What do you think about the statements above?
What do you think about this statement?
Ice is always getting thicker or thinner.
On lakes this change can be slow. On rivers this change can be fast.
But, ice thickness and strength is always changing.
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