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Interesting Ice Paddle …
Rick Lingbloom
01/12/17 #20466
I just got off the lake (Whatcom) and I've never seen so much ice. Paddled towards Bloedel from the Agate Bay area. There was an aluminum power boat just slowly exiting the ice near the south end of the race course so I entered the path he had created. I expected a super thin layer and was stunned to find it a full inch thick (yes I measured). I kept stopping to ooh and ahh while snapping a couple pics. Was amazing to hear the ice tinkling and cracking as I moved through. Then I soon realized the path that had been created was all disappearing as the ice sheets closed back in around me. Oops! I had a heck of a time trying to turn around and to inch my way back out. Kept wondering if it was thick enough and sharp enough to rip holes in my boat, so I was being pretty tentative. With my feet in the water (to help push the ice sheets), my boat icing over, and darkness settling in, it was slightly unnerving (and cold) … but sorta awesome at the same time. Anyway, made it back home under a gorgeous twilight sky and was once again thankful we get to paddle in so many different conditions. My toes are still cold though …
Rick L
David Scherrer
01/12/17 #20467
Wow Rick…that sounds like a scene out of Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala. Dersu Uzala - Kurosawa - 1975 - Video Dailymotion
Dersu Uzala - Kurosawa - 1975 - Video Dailymotion
David
Rick Lingbloom
01/12/17 #20468
It was EXACTLY like that! (And those guys said it much more clearly than me.)
David Scherrer
01/13/17 #20469
By the way…thats a beautiful picture you did from the ski on the ice!
David
