2 snowmobilers dead after falling through Lake ice (1 Viewer)

[grateful zed]

Search crews late Friday night recovered the bodies of two snowmobilers who fell through the ice while attempting to cross Seeley Lake, while a third was transported to a Missoula hospital.

A call came in to 9-1-1 dispatchers about 6:45 p.m. after a group of five male snowmobilers attempted to cross the lake, but only two made it to the west shore near the Seeley Lake Campground.

http://missoulian.com/news/local/dead-after-falling-through-seeley-lake-ice-rd-found-alive/article_3870e68f-4b2c-5627-8889-3f1b178445db.html

 

[Drunken Poster]

Thanks posty

Darwin winners

That's a slippery situation.

 

[grateful zed]

yeah, a real cooler.

 

[PIK95]

Where is that place?

 

[PIK95]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

 

[msommer]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Google is your friend, friend

 

[jon_mx]

Thanks posty

Darwin winners

That's a slippery situation.

People drive snowmobiles over lakes all the time. It seems they were just a tad early into the winter season though.

 

[HellToupee]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Must be in Missouri or Mississippi

 

[HellToupee]

Thanks posty

Darwin winners

That's a slippery situation.

This alias doesn't come out enough

 

[mr roboto]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Montana

 

[HellToupee]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Montana

Manitoba?

 

[Tom Skerritt]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Montana

Manitoba?

I think it's Montpelier

 

[brun]

Where is that place?

Missoula.

Yeah, where is Missoula?

Montana

Manitoba?

I think it's Montpelier

Montreal ?

Mandrake Falls

 

[Parrothead]

gotta have ice in your veins to attempt this

 

[Honus]

Damn global warming.

 

[parasaurolophus]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

 

[Josie Maran]

They should've just stayed home and chilled.

 

[Dragons]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

Did they return the sign?

 

[parasaurolophus]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

Did they return the sign?

I imagine since the guy whose house it was he took the sign from is whose house they went into. He had heard the crash and came out to see what was going on. When he saw he waived them right to his house and got them inside.

 

[ChiefD]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

Did they return the sign?

I imagine since the guy whose house it was he took the sign from is whose house they went into. He had heard the crash and came out to see what was going on. When he saw he waived them right to his house and got them inside.

He probably had to call Coldwell Snowbanker for a new sign.

 

[NutterButter]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

You'd think these guys would have some rope just in case. It's not like they have to carry it and they are riding over frozen water.

 

[parasaurolophus]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

You'd think these guys would have some rope just in case. It's not like they have to carry it and they are riding over frozen water.

I am always surprised more of them don't wear life jackets.

 

[NutterButter]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

You'd think these guys would have some rope just in case. It's not like they have to carry it and they are riding over frozen water.

I am always surprised more of them don't wear life jackets.

That would surprise me b/c that would be somewhat restrictive and you'd have to remember to put it on each time, but the rope can always just be there on the snowmobile. Its like a winch on a Wrangler if you're doing some serious off roading.

 

[parasaurolophus]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

You'd think these guys would have some rope just in case. It's not like they have to carry it and they are riding over frozen water.

I am always surprised more of them don't wear life jackets.

That would surprise me b/c that would be somewhat restrictive and you'd have to remember to put it on each time, but the rope can always just be there on the snowmobile. Its like a winch on a Wrangler if you're doing some serious off roading.

Snowmobiling is an activity where you sit on your rear. Restrictive shouldn't matter.

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A boom ski rope handle attached to a static line would be a great one to stash. A standard rope would be very hard to get to a person and it would be very hard to hold onto if you were in the water.

 

[yak651]

One of my drivers broke through the ice last year. He was scrambling trying to get out and couldn't, the ice kept breaking. The guy he was with drove his sled off the lake and crashed it into a for sale sign in somebody's lawn to knock the sign down. He grabbed the sign and then drove back out onto the lake and eventually put the sign down and slid it closer, helped him climb out, and then drove to shore.

Obviously saved his life with his extremely quick and imaginative thinking.

You'd think these guys would have some rope just in case. It's not like they have to carry it and they are riding over frozen water.

I am always surprised more of them don't wear life jackets.

That would surprise me b/c that would be somewhat restrictive and you'd have to remember to put it on each time, but the rope can always just be there on the snowmobile. Its like a winch on a Wrangler if you're doing some serious off roading.

Snowmobiling is an activity where you sit on your rear. Restrictive shouldn't matter.

A boom ski rope handle attached to a static line would be a great one to stash. A standard rope would be very hard to get to a person and it would be very hard to hold onto if you were in the water.

Ha, just sit on your rear...maybe for some old geezers on a trail ride, but anyone riding half way fast isn't sitting on their rear, and you actually get a work out from it.

 

[Josie Maran]

What good would a f'n life jacket do if you can't get out of the water?

 

[Das Boot]

What good would a f'n life jacket do if you can't get out of the water?

I shudder to think of being in icy water, struggling to stay afloat, and being weighed down by water saturated winter clothing.

A life jacket would at least give you some buoyancy to stay afloat long enough to be rescued.

 

[NutterButter]

How long in icy water before you die of hypothermia?

 

[parasaurolophus]

How long in icy water before you die of hypothermia?

according to this you are still conscious for maybe even over an hour.

Minnesota DNR recommends wearing a life jacket snowmobiling over rivers and lakes

 

[mr roboto]

I saw some people ice fishing on the Mississippi outside of La Crosse on Friday. It was 43 degrees.

 

[seahawk 17]

Damn, some of you are ice cold.

 

[Joe T]

Anyone heard from TRE?

 

[Hot Diggity Dog]

Fell through some ice on a lake as a kid. Needless to say very cold. Luckily water was only chest deep. Got out but my pants were frozen stiff by the time I got home. Crappy day.

 

[Parrothead]

when you don't take advice, someday you'll pay the price

 

[boots11234]

How long in icy water before you die of hypothermia?

according to this you are still conscious for maybe even over an hour. Minnesota DNR recommends wearing a life jacket snowmobiling over rivers and lakes

Anyone who snowmobiles on a river is a moron. Worst ice and the water is moving g underneath. A life jacket would do no good except make retrieval easier.

 

[parasaurolophus]

How long in icy water before you die of hypothermia?

according to this you are still conscious for maybe even over an hour. Minnesota DNR recommends wearing a life jacket snowmobiling over rivers and lakes

Anyone who snowmobiles on a river is a moron. Worst ice and the water is moving g underneath. A life jacket would do no good except make retrieval easier.

Agreed that it is dumb to snowmobile on a river. Disagree completely that a life jacket would be useless. Most rivers don't have sweeping currents. Ice doesn't have to be very thick to brace against it.