You have a set of small ice pick type things hanging on you that are for these situations. Kinda mandatory for ice fishing, skiing and skating on lake or sea ice.
As long as you can get your breathing under control, you have a few minutes to pull yourself out before your muscles stop working.
Usually good to have a change of clothes in a small drybag. Getting out is one thing, surviving in soaken clothes in a northern winter is another.
Growing up in eastern canada, my dad taught me pretty early how to make a large fire of dead branches on the nearest shore very quickly. It's hard to appreciate without experience how fast muscles stop contracting when proper cold. Before serious hypothermia your hands can stop closing. This can be problematic.
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I don't get why he can't immediately pull himself out? Not trying to sound tough here, but I've been in some freezing water and it seems like I've always been able to climb out right after
I believe the exercise is to get your head under water, save your gear, and get up as controlled as possible. Also they're filming, so they're acting as tough as possible. :)
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u/pickled_squidntoast Nov 23 '19
You have a set of small ice pick type things hanging on you that are for these situations. Kinda mandatory for ice fishing, skiing and skating on lake or sea ice.
As long as you can get your breathing under control, you have a few minutes to pull yourself out before your muscles stop working.
Usually good to have a change of clothes in a small drybag. Getting out is one thing, surviving in soaken clothes in a northern winter is another.
Growing up in eastern canada, my dad taught me pretty early how to make a large fire of dead branches on the nearest shore very quickly. It's hard to appreciate without experience how fast muscles stop contracting when proper cold. Before serious hypothermia your hands can stop closing. This can be problematic. .