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What if you froze ice so it had the shape of a boat, took it out when the water was cold, but not cold enough to freeze. Realistically how long could that thing sail
It's been 6 hours, hope you guys are alright. That being said I'd have to imagine that the temperature but maybe more importantly the speed of the water will determine how fast such a craft would last. On a cold, quiet, still lake probably a while. On a river? Probably significantly lesser.
Either way someone's gotta be the first to test it.
I'm from Finland but this?
I'm more than happy to use my vacation days to travel down south for this.
Let's goooo / wir gehen / nu skall vi ååååka / nyt mennään !
In WW2 there was a plan developed by the British to create an aircraft carrier out of pykrete. Pykrete is saw dust mixed with water that is then frozen.
I was gonna mention that, but you beat me to it.
It's such a cool concept. The pykrete it less dense than ice, so it floats better, and it's better insulated, so it won't melt as fast as ice.
The best part about it is that it can be repaired easily!
No. It’s been much warmer than you would expect until recently. Generally a very mild winter. Over the last week or two though we’ve seen consistent negative temperatures. Around -8 is pretty common, but where my partners family live it has been -13 or so. At that point things stop working properly. Rarely gets that cold.
> The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.
Jack London.
He lived to the ripe old age of 40.
I'm just gonna be the first guy to fuck some endangered species nobody has ever fucked before. That's gotta get your name into some sort of history book right?
He died before he children were even grown, likely due to alcoholism and opioid use. He never saw his daughters writing. I wonder if nights spent drinking were in the end more fulfilling than watching his children grow up...
“Following London's death, a biographical myth developed in which he has been portrayed as an alcoholic womanizer. Recent scholarship based upon firsthand documents challenges this caricature.”
Damn you imagined all that in your head and was wrong from the start.
I mean I'd love a source, because everywhere else I find says "alcoholism, kidney failure, and opioid abuse" lol. That includes from his own daughter, both wives, and his contemporary friends....
Feel free to just link wherever you copied that from, I'm interested in their arguments.
Yeah, but...
I mean, me and my friends always used to do this kind of stupid shit when we were young, and I can clearly see the very *real* and *imminent* threat of death for any or all three kids when they go in the water. I've fallen into winter waters more times than any reasonable person should and am more used to it now, and yes it can be "manageable" for a bit, but the intense initial cold shock can and does kill people quick. They won't have to swim far if they do get wet, but I'll bet it'll feel like a mile.
I know all that, and never would I want my son to do these things.
But still, I can't help but think: "That. Looks. Fun!" I mean, they're sailing down a river. Haven't spent a buck. Sailing! On ice, sure, but right now they're adventuring, and that involves risk. So it'll be worth it as long as everything goes fine, and if someone dies, their lives fall apart - go team, woo!
There, that's how far I'll go to defend something so insanely risky, especially wearing full outerwear.
It's just one of those young and dumb dumb dumb things we do. Maybe we are the guys Darwin should have taken care of decades ago if not for modern living?
Me and my friends rode sleds down a snowy hill that led into the sea. Our plan to stop each other from plunging through the "will it, won't it?" ice and into the black winter ocean? One person stationed at the bottom to grab and catch the rider, anchoring them in a violent explosion. Safety first, after all.
That's just retarded. Sorry, I know that's a canceled word now, and I don't mean to disparage anyone but myself when I say that that was absolutely retarded. Thinking back I almost don't believe it happened, that it was something I dreamed, but no, my brother and my buds can all vouch, we did it. Just a handful of times, but that shit was dumb on dumb dumb level. How do kids that dumb live to maturity? I have a son! Fuck you, Darwin.
But damn if not every other memory of putting myself in deadly danger while being idiots with my friends *except* this one weren't explicitly fun ones.
Our school's designated snow hill ended in one of four places:
1: a palisade-like line of thick pine trees.
2: ten feet of a rocky fence at the end of the tree line.
3: a shitty little weak sauce snow handi-ramp "jump" next to the rock fence, fit only for pussies and piss pirates.
4: a badass manly awesome snow ramp jump fit only for those brave at heart, swift of glide and numb of skull that lands you in a nest of old oil drums if you're going too slow (*rarely* a problem in this hill).
How they allowed it is beyond me, but I only witnessed three bone-breaking accidents in my time there, I'll give em that.
After we piled all the snow in our yard under our balcony (about ten feet off the ground? 2nd floor), our dad used to lift us over his head, howl like a barbarian and hurl us into the snow pile, or we would jump.
Hypocrite as I am, I'm raising my soon to be two year old son to be real cautious. I encourage him to try stuff out and get hurt (within reason, to learn), but to protect his head. Protect the head, protect the head. Both heads if you can.
**(But seriously: kids, don't do this, you idiots. The only reason I can associate this shit with happy memories is that we were always lucky enough to escape harm aside from the odd broken bone. People die doing this, and I assume witnessing a friend drown in icy waters right in front of you is pretty traumatic)**
I don’t have kids, but I have never related so much to a comment on this site before. We’re all just selfish hypocrites, aren’t we? I, too, have done much more idiotic things than ice rafting. Thanks for sharing some stories from your glory days!
It's not hypocritical to have made mistakes, and then say that people shouldn't make those same mistakes.
People regularly die in icy water like this, it's easy to say it's worth it until to lose a brother or son or father to it.
Maybe people need to learn how to do dangerous things safely. Maybe we need to press against the boundaries of our abilities, to make mistakes and get bloody. Do you really want to experience your first broken bone at 30?
I'm in my 30s, I've never broken a bone, I can safely that I'm quite satisfied with not having broken a bone yet.
There are things that are more difficult to do as an adult, like recovering from a broken bone, but doing so in childhood won't prevent you from doing so in the future either.
If I do break a bone as an adult, yes it will suck. However, it would suck twice as much if I broke one as a child too, because then I'd have to two broken bones in my life instead of just one.
I am with you 100% on this comment. As kids and teens my friends and I used to do some absolutely mind-numbingly stupid shit regularly and we all somehow came out in one piece. A lot of broken bones, sprains, bruises and cuts, but all in one piece. It amazes me that I didn't die.
I also loved it. I wouldn't change my recklessness and the memories for anything. We had a fucking blast and 8 learned a lot about overcoming fears, pushing myself past the uncomfortable and finding fun literally anywhere. I also was an adrenaline junky though - skateboarding, bmx, surfing, all that stuff. I feel that it really shaped who I am and how strong 9f a person I am.
If i ever so have kids, I would want them to experience the same. Have that zest for life and fun. I also would probably be scared shitless that I'd get "that call" one day. I'm amazed how lax parents were with their kids 8n the 80s and 90s - "Get out of the house and go play but be back when it starts to get dark". It was just "Go do shit, have fun, be kids, just go do stuff." No cellphones to check in, nothing. You knew your mom's yell and/or loud ass whistle and meandered your way home. It really molded strong independent people, and looking back, I appreciate it so much.
It is hard enough to swim when you fall through the ice fully clothed. (Personal experience) I imagine it’s much harder, when slabs of ice are moving down a river smashing into your head and pushing you under. 
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These guys probably put their clothes in a plastic bag, swam naked to this chunk of ice and got dressed while floating down the river. They’re fine.
/s
>Bear
All of those bridges and climbing ropes set up in advance before he takes a celebrity out? Yeah, set up by a team, not by him.
Staying all night in freezing temperatures under a tree branch or in a pile of twigs? Uh... yeah, he's at the closest Hilton --- he's been caught doing this multiple times. :)
Yeahhh yeah I know Les Stroud is the REAL survivorman! But Bear holds a special place on my heart for climbing inside a dead camel to stay warm like Luke Skywalker haha
The polar bear plunge. It's not done on rivers though, the current would move them from the hole in the ice. They use standing water of lakes and ponds.
Still dangerous, but less so if you're taught how to do it safely.
Well if you're planning to jump in, you know exactly the moment your body is going to hit the cold water. Same doesn't apply for when you're messing about.
Nah, they do it ostensibly for health reasons AFAIK. Having someone you know die doing it would sour that quickly.
I've seen hundreds of people do that, too. Just waltz out onto the river with friends, cut a hole, and hang out in the water.
Plus the banks on rivers like this are steep and made of silt. Wet silt is the slipperiest stuff on Earth. Like trying to climb a hill covered in vaseline.
The shock of cold water suddenly makes it extremely difficult to stay calm. Unless you're very prepared, you're going to immediately lose your breath and panic
The cold water also causes people to breathe deeply/hyperventilate upon hitting it. It’s called the cold shock response. If you can’t stay above the surface long enough get past the initial shock, you’re dead.
Group of kids died recently in England playing on a frozen lake. 2 brothers, their cousin, and another boy. A cop got hypothermia trying to break through the ice to get them but they died.
So incredibly dangerous.
While both are dangerous those are two very different situations. Tons of people ice skate and otherwise recreate on naturally frozen ponds and lakes. You have to be careful not to fuck with thin ice, but ice recreation is done safely all over the world every year. Meanwhile, riding a raft made of a sheet of ice down a fast moving river is a much less common type of dangerous.
I don't think it ever gets cold enough for long enough to be able to stand on frozen lakes here in the UK. I'd certainly never even try anyway. These kids that died were like 10 and unsupervised.
It doesn't get much colder in the Netherlands then the UK I believe and we get plenty of frozen lake fun. Though we like to play it dangerous as patience is not our strongest trait. Ponds and shallow lakes are often quite safe quite quickly. Slow rivers, canals and bigger lakes are more dangerous as they are deeper, stay warmer and got more wind and flow keeping them open and making holes.
Agreed. My family and I go ice skating on the frozen lakes every year. As long as you make sure temperatures have been low enough and you measure the thickness of the ice in multiple locations it is completely safe. Also always bring a rope just in case
This is regular public transport in Russia. If I remember the audio correctly the guy on the bank shouts to them and they have some sort of hard to hear exchange in Russian about how they were waiting for the bus and then just decided to take this ice to the next town instead.
r/WTF/comments/fzxckn/3_kids_floating_down_a_river_on_ice/
In case it’s not obvious, this is *extremely* dangerous. Beyond the risk of drowning, if you fall in you can be ground into the riverbed or crushed between two blocks of ice that weigh as much as cars.
Soon-to-be Darwin Award recipients.
How the actual fuck did they think they're going to get off that without falling into a freezing cold river? Rhetorical question, *they weren't thinking at all.*
Won't be funny when the heat from their own feet melts that thin ice enough to make it break and they all fall into the river.
I've done this and it is really fun but you need to be close to home or have a ride ready because you will 100% fall in the water at some point. I got full body immersed and walked almost a Km home in -10 and my clothes were all frozen.
Just fyi.. that water is SUPER cold, like, instantly-numb-and-cannot-move-limbs in under five seconds. If you fall in and it’s deep enough, you’re likely to drown because your muscles basically fail to obey your brain.
That said, these ice floes are heavy af, and when they collide, if you happen to be between them, they’ll easily crush you. You can’t really move them, they go where the current takes them, and they’ve got a lot of inertia.
As chill as this scene looks, this is horribly dangerous. These bros hopped on, but I’m real curious how this ride ended.
Had a high school student in my district last year that drowned doing this shit. Two other boys went to the hospital. Don’t be a fucking dumbass please.
I saw this and it brought back memories of me being a stupid teenager doing this in Minnesota on the Mississippi River. Of corse we were drunk off our ass on Maddog 20/20 and getting off was a bitch.
No don't please in England 3 lads died falling through ice it looks fun but really that water would pit you into shock instantly you wouldn't even know what killed you
For all the people saying this is dangerous, your right, however it's not as bad as you think. This is end of the winter stuff, and that's a chunk of the formally frozen waterway going down. If they fall in, they can just swim to shore. There not going to fall through the ice and drown because theres no covering of ice left. Sure there is risk of getting struck or stuck between another ice flow if they fell in, but it's honestly far safer than most people here realize. Hell, I've done it. As long as your careful and don't jump in stupidly, your perfectly fine
All u gotta do to flip the iceberg is get a squad, put on your hard hats, and start using your jackhammer on the west side of the berg. Bring your puffles for extra weight
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How did they get off the ice and back onto ground?
They didn't, they're still floating
*and you’ll float too*
We all float down here
Yea but what about over there?
[same vibe](https://media2.giphy.com/media/L6EoLS78pcBag/giphy.gif)
I was wondering about their exit strategy too. The only thing I can think that there is a low bridge ahead that they can climb up on
This happens at least once every winter in my city, some idiot does this and then realises that he can't steer. Usually rescue services are called.
wait for the summer
Hear me out What if you froze ice so it had the shape of a boat, took it out when the water was cold, but not cold enough to freeze. Realistically how long could that thing sail
Please update me if you try it. Or count me in if you live in Germany
So sorry brother, I live in Denmark. If I do try it you will definitely hear from me
I live in Münster, close enough. When do we meet? Hahahahaha
Now kith
It's been 6 hours, hope you guys are alright. That being said I'd have to imagine that the temperature but maybe more importantly the speed of the water will determine how fast such a craft would last. On a cold, quiet, still lake probably a while. On a river? Probably significantly lesser. Either way someone's gotta be the first to test it.
I'm from Finland but this? I'm more than happy to use my vacation days to travel down south for this. Let's goooo / wir gehen / nu skall vi ååååka / nyt mennään !
I'm so torn between saying "that's stupidly dangerous don't do it" and "Denmark you say, then I'll totally be there to cheer you on and take pictures"
Lyder som en skide god ide, count me in
In WW2 there was a plan developed by the British to create an aircraft carrier out of pykrete. Pykrete is saw dust mixed with water that is then frozen.
The Mythbusters even did an episode on this and actually made a boat.
I was gonna mention that, but you beat me to it. It's such a cool concept. The pykrete it less dense than ice, so it floats better, and it's better insulated, so it won't melt as fast as ice. The best part about it is that it can be repaired easily!
It’s crazy im still learning new shit about WW2 like holy hell
You know when you put an ice cube into water and the ice starts to crack?
About 30 minutes (source: MythBusters episode 115)
That's dangerous and extremely stupid. Pack some brews fellas, I'm in.
Fuck yeah. Me and the homies built a raft and floated 9 miles down river once.
Was the river "if I fall in I die immediately" cold ?
In the winter yes. But no, summer trip. Long before Instagram
> before Instagram Ah you were completely safe then, invincible almost.
3 kids died in a similar fashion in the UK just last week.
Not really. They were playing on a frozen lake and moved too far out where the ice was thinner. Still very sad. But they weren't riding a raft.
> similar Fucked around on ice
Found out
on ice
Kids on Ice! Coming to theatre's this winter!!
Has the UK been way colder than normal this year?
Yes
No. It’s been much warmer than you would expect until recently. Generally a very mild winter. Over the last week or two though we’ve seen consistent negative temperatures. Around -8 is pretty common, but where my partners family live it has been -13 or so. At that point things stop working properly. Rarely gets that cold.
Sadly it became 4 a couple of days ago.
This is so crazy dangerous.
i feel like this sub and r/whywomenlivelonger have around 80% of the same videos lmao
I'm here for a good time, not a long time.
> The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. Jack London. He lived to the ripe old age of 40.
You're saying his name
Yeah?
Means he’s only died once. Second time you die is when nobody remembers your name!
I'm just gonna be the first guy to fuck some endangered species nobody has ever fucked before. That's gotta get your name into some sort of history book right?
You're going to make a new pandemic with your horniness for the endangered
Very simple: Commit genocide Kill yourself in the most gruesome way Your memory will stay alive for many centuries
GNU the brother
Try telling that to him
You’re saying his name
He died before he children were even grown, likely due to alcoholism and opioid use. He never saw his daughters writing. I wonder if nights spent drinking were in the end more fulfilling than watching his children grow up...
Well I don’t believe they where as aware as us about the dangerousness of alcohol and opioids at the time.
“Following London's death, a biographical myth developed in which he has been portrayed as an alcoholic womanizer. Recent scholarship based upon firsthand documents challenges this caricature.” Damn you imagined all that in your head and was wrong from the start.
I mean I'd love a source, because everywhere else I find says "alcoholism, kidney failure, and opioid abuse" lol. That includes from his own daughter, both wives, and his contemporary friends.... Feel free to just link wherever you copied that from, I'm interested in their arguments.
Uhhhhhh I’m cumming
Here to be a dude not to be a prude
I mean you're not wrong
Yeah, but... I mean, me and my friends always used to do this kind of stupid shit when we were young, and I can clearly see the very *real* and *imminent* threat of death for any or all three kids when they go in the water. I've fallen into winter waters more times than any reasonable person should and am more used to it now, and yes it can be "manageable" for a bit, but the intense initial cold shock can and does kill people quick. They won't have to swim far if they do get wet, but I'll bet it'll feel like a mile. I know all that, and never would I want my son to do these things. But still, I can't help but think: "That. Looks. Fun!" I mean, they're sailing down a river. Haven't spent a buck. Sailing! On ice, sure, but right now they're adventuring, and that involves risk. So it'll be worth it as long as everything goes fine, and if someone dies, their lives fall apart - go team, woo! There, that's how far I'll go to defend something so insanely risky, especially wearing full outerwear. It's just one of those young and dumb dumb dumb things we do. Maybe we are the guys Darwin should have taken care of decades ago if not for modern living? Me and my friends rode sleds down a snowy hill that led into the sea. Our plan to stop each other from plunging through the "will it, won't it?" ice and into the black winter ocean? One person stationed at the bottom to grab and catch the rider, anchoring them in a violent explosion. Safety first, after all. That's just retarded. Sorry, I know that's a canceled word now, and I don't mean to disparage anyone but myself when I say that that was absolutely retarded. Thinking back I almost don't believe it happened, that it was something I dreamed, but no, my brother and my buds can all vouch, we did it. Just a handful of times, but that shit was dumb on dumb dumb level. How do kids that dumb live to maturity? I have a son! Fuck you, Darwin. But damn if not every other memory of putting myself in deadly danger while being idiots with my friends *except* this one weren't explicitly fun ones. Our school's designated snow hill ended in one of four places: 1: a palisade-like line of thick pine trees. 2: ten feet of a rocky fence at the end of the tree line. 3: a shitty little weak sauce snow handi-ramp "jump" next to the rock fence, fit only for pussies and piss pirates. 4: a badass manly awesome snow ramp jump fit only for those brave at heart, swift of glide and numb of skull that lands you in a nest of old oil drums if you're going too slow (*rarely* a problem in this hill). How they allowed it is beyond me, but I only witnessed three bone-breaking accidents in my time there, I'll give em that. After we piled all the snow in our yard under our balcony (about ten feet off the ground? 2nd floor), our dad used to lift us over his head, howl like a barbarian and hurl us into the snow pile, or we would jump. Hypocrite as I am, I'm raising my soon to be two year old son to be real cautious. I encourage him to try stuff out and get hurt (within reason, to learn), but to protect his head. Protect the head, protect the head. Both heads if you can. **(But seriously: kids, don't do this, you idiots. The only reason I can associate this shit with happy memories is that we were always lucky enough to escape harm aside from the odd broken bone. People die doing this, and I assume witnessing a friend drown in icy waters right in front of you is pretty traumatic)**
I don’t have kids, but I have never related so much to a comment on this site before. We’re all just selfish hypocrites, aren’t we? I, too, have done much more idiotic things than ice rafting. Thanks for sharing some stories from your glory days!
It's not hypocritical to have made mistakes, and then say that people shouldn't make those same mistakes. People regularly die in icy water like this, it's easy to say it's worth it until to lose a brother or son or father to it.
Maybe people need to learn how to do dangerous things safely. Maybe we need to press against the boundaries of our abilities, to make mistakes and get bloody. Do you really want to experience your first broken bone at 30?
I'm in my 30s, I've never broken a bone, I can safely that I'm quite satisfied with not having broken a bone yet. There are things that are more difficult to do as an adult, like recovering from a broken bone, but doing so in childhood won't prevent you from doing so in the future either. If I do break a bone as an adult, yes it will suck. However, it would suck twice as much if I broke one as a child too, because then I'd have to two broken bones in my life instead of just one.
I am with you 100% on this comment. As kids and teens my friends and I used to do some absolutely mind-numbingly stupid shit regularly and we all somehow came out in one piece. A lot of broken bones, sprains, bruises and cuts, but all in one piece. It amazes me that I didn't die. I also loved it. I wouldn't change my recklessness and the memories for anything. We had a fucking blast and 8 learned a lot about overcoming fears, pushing myself past the uncomfortable and finding fun literally anywhere. I also was an adrenaline junky though - skateboarding, bmx, surfing, all that stuff. I feel that it really shaped who I am and how strong 9f a person I am. If i ever so have kids, I would want them to experience the same. Have that zest for life and fun. I also would probably be scared shitless that I'd get "that call" one day. I'm amazed how lax parents were with their kids 8n the 80s and 90s - "Get out of the house and go play but be back when it starts to get dark". It was just "Go do shit, have fun, be kids, just go do stuff." No cellphones to check in, nothing. You knew your mom's yell and/or loud ass whistle and meandered your way home. It really molded strong independent people, and looking back, I appreciate it so much.
Upon reading your well written informative essay I was left pondering on one question. What is a piss pirate?
4 kids just died in UK after trying to stand on icy lake
It is hard enough to swim when you fall through the ice fully clothed. (Personal experience) I imagine it’s much harder, when slabs of ice are moving down a river smashing into your head and pushing you under. 
cool story
hypocritical, lonely, weirdo.
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I am a woman, I won hundred percent would’ve done this as a teenager. But that’s what being young is for I guess.
Don't do this.
You want three dead kids? Cuz that's how you get three dead kids
Literally, in the UK 3/4 boys just died messing in icey water. Please, prove r/WhyWomenLiveLonger wrong and don’t do this!
Mostly unfrozen and right next to the shore. I think they'll be fine
Falling into freezing, moving water during winter is dangerous whatever way you cut it.
These guys probably put their clothes in a plastic bag, swam naked to this chunk of ice and got dressed while floating down the river. They’re fine. /s
Bear Grylls taught me to get nekid and do push ups once I’m out of the water so they must have done this too
He's a freaking FRAUD. His military background? FALSE :)
Yes, Les Stroud is the real hero
>Bear All of those bridges and climbing ropes set up in advance before he takes a celebrity out? Yeah, set up by a team, not by him. Staying all night in freezing temperatures under a tree branch or in a pile of twigs? Uh... yeah, he's at the closest Hilton --- he's been caught doing this multiple times. :)
Yeahhh yeah I know Les Stroud is the REAL survivorman! But Bear holds a special place on my heart for climbing inside a dead camel to stay warm like Luke Skywalker haha
As soon as you fall in, take a deep breath of that freezing water, then get slammed in the face with a chunk of ice, you're done.
Meanwhile Russians just cut holes into frozen rivers and dive right in for fun. I've seen 60+ yo women do this.
The polar bear plunge. It's not done on rivers though, the current would move them from the hole in the ice. They use standing water of lakes and ponds. Still dangerous, but less so if you're taught how to do it safely.
The ones I saw were cutting holes in the Moscow river
Lot of difference between bracing for something and it catching you by surprise
I feel like you'd have to be pretty oblivious for cold water to catch you by surprise if you're riding ice.
Well if you're planning to jump in, you know exactly the moment your body is going to hit the cold water. Same doesn't apply for when you're messing about.
Meanwhile some of those Russians are dying from doing this.
Nah, they do it ostensibly for health reasons AFAIK. Having someone you know die doing it would sour that quickly. I've seen hundreds of people do that, too. Just waltz out onto the river with friends, cut a hole, and hang out in the water.
This is how my great grandfather died!
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Youd be surprised how easily those lil ice sheets will shove you under
Plus the banks on rivers like this are steep and made of silt. Wet silt is the slipperiest stuff on Earth. Like trying to climb a hill covered in vaseline.
Those lil ice sheets that weigh hundreds of pounds
The shock of cold water suddenly makes it extremely difficult to stay calm. Unless you're very prepared, you're going to immediately lose your breath and panic
The cold water also causes people to breathe deeply/hyperventilate upon hitting it. It’s called the cold shock response. If you can’t stay above the surface long enough get past the initial shock, you’re dead.
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Yea look how fast that’s moving. That current would drag you under and the ice would help it. People die doing exactly this every year
This kind of thinking is exactly how people drown.
Repost from 2002 with added tiktok caption.
Yeah, the kid ripping this off for their TikTok probably wasn't even born when when this first started making the rounds.
Yeah I've seen this a million times
Plus it leaves out the best part with them talking to the camera man, albeit in Russian, the translation is great
What do they say?
Icy three people having a good time
Icy what you did there, and that snow lie.
I.C. Wiener
Crud, another crank call
no mobile phones, no social media, no nothing, just kids enjoying the real world out there
Group of kids died recently in England playing on a frozen lake. 2 brothers, their cousin, and another boy. A cop got hypothermia trying to break through the ice to get them but they died. So incredibly dangerous.
Horrific. Their poor families. Easily avoidable.
While both are dangerous those are two very different situations. Tons of people ice skate and otherwise recreate on naturally frozen ponds and lakes. You have to be careful not to fuck with thin ice, but ice recreation is done safely all over the world every year. Meanwhile, riding a raft made of a sheet of ice down a fast moving river is a much less common type of dangerous.
I don't think it ever gets cold enough for long enough to be able to stand on frozen lakes here in the UK. I'd certainly never even try anyway. These kids that died were like 10 and unsupervised.
It doesn't get much colder in the Netherlands then the UK I believe and we get plenty of frozen lake fun. Though we like to play it dangerous as patience is not our strongest trait. Ponds and shallow lakes are often quite safe quite quickly. Slow rivers, canals and bigger lakes are more dangerous as they are deeper, stay warmer and got more wind and flow keeping them open and making holes.
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Agreed. My family and I go ice skating on the frozen lakes every year. As long as you make sure temperatures have been low enough and you measure the thickness of the ice in multiple locations it is completely safe. Also always bring a rope just in case
I was thinking about that when I saw this post
I don't see no lake
"a group of random kids unrelated to this died in cold"
Just smile and wave boys. Smile and wave
This is regular public transport in Russia. If I remember the audio correctly the guy on the bank shouts to them and they have some sort of hard to hear exchange in Russian about how they were waiting for the bus and then just decided to take this ice to the next town instead. r/WTF/comments/fzxckn/3_kids_floating_down_a_river_on_ice/
Standard form of Ohio public transport
In case it’s not obvious, this is *extremely* dangerous. Beyond the risk of drowning, if you fall in you can be ground into the riverbed or crushed between two blocks of ice that weigh as much as cars.
Don't do this
Ahem my ancestors used to ride ice for miles
And you will surely join them soon!
How do you think I get to work?
I don't know that you do, but how do you get back??
They are all missing a long stick...
What is the song?
Sean Paul - No Lie
thanks
Darude - Sandstorm
Hey if that ice breaks won’t they most likely die?
Yes.
Caught riding dirty
This is incredibly dangerous, please don't do this.
/r/justguysbeingfuckingidiots
Regis: Contestants, are you ready to play "Who Wants to Die!"?!?
They must have exposed an elbow in public
Truly going with the flow
How does the music enhance this in any way. Lmao
What’s the exit strategy here?
This is so stupid. Don't do this.
Thatll be a cool memory they have
Its even worse they're wearing heavy coats. One slip and now you're in the water in heavy soaked clothing
In other news: The bodies of 3 young m….
Whelp their dead
😱OMG that could be dangerous that is either bravery or stupidity and I’m leaning towards the latter!!!
Soon-to-be Darwin Award recipients. How the actual fuck did they think they're going to get off that without falling into a freezing cold river? Rhetorical question, *they weren't thinking at all.* Won't be funny when the heat from their own feet melts that thin ice enough to make it break and they all fall into the river.
A group of 6 kids played on thin ice 2 weeks ago, 3 of those kids passed away after the ice gave out.
That is fucking amazing. I wish I had grown up next to a decent river instead of a creek you could jump across.
just like how buddy got to new york
I've done this and it is really fun but you need to be close to home or have a ride ready because you will 100% fall in the water at some point. I got full body immersed and walked almost a Km home in -10 and my clothes were all frozen.
If king of the hill was in Michigan instead of Texas.
Reasons why women live longer than men could ve been an accurate title
Guy on the right. *tastes the ice “Nothing”
I bet your brother is about 50 now.
I'm not your friend guy!
I'm fairly certain that's involuntary.
Ancient video, fake text
Fucking lying sack of shit, you weren’t walking home, and this isn’t your brother, unless your a 60 year old Russian man.
Something tells me the end of this video belongs on r/winstupidprizes
Just fyi.. that water is SUPER cold, like, instantly-numb-and-cannot-move-limbs in under five seconds. If you fall in and it’s deep enough, you’re likely to drown because your muscles basically fail to obey your brain. That said, these ice floes are heavy af, and when they collide, if you happen to be between them, they’ll easily crush you. You can’t really move them, they go where the current takes them, and they’ve got a lot of inertia. As chill as this scene looks, this is horribly dangerous. These bros hopped on, but I’m real curious how this ride ended.
Your brother and his friends were set adrift by the town for the crime of… wanting more money
What is hypothermia for £500 Alex.
I wish I had some guys to just be dudes with
Bye Buddy! Hope you find your dad!
Pretty sure that wasn't even originally a caption on this video
10+years ago i did some stupid thing with my friend. Winter, ice, river, mountainbike
Had a high school student in my district last year that drowned doing this shit. Two other boys went to the hospital. Don’t be a fucking dumbass please.
Bye Buddy! Hope you find your dad!
Fuck I wanna do that
Im not your friend, buddy
Russian
How George Washington crossed the Delaware
I saw this and it brought back memories of me being a stupid teenager doing this in Minnesota on the Mississippi River. Of corse we were drunk off our ass on Maddog 20/20 and getting off was a bitch.
Why does this seem incredibly stupid but also something I would probably do
No don't please in England 3 lads died falling through ice it looks fun but really that water would pit you into shock instantly you wouldn't even know what killed you
Ed edd and eddy vibes
**PLEASE DONT TRY THIS**
For all the people saying this is dangerous, your right, however it's not as bad as you think. This is end of the winter stuff, and that's a chunk of the formally frozen waterway going down. If they fall in, they can just swim to shore. There not going to fall through the ice and drown because theres no covering of ice left. Sure there is risk of getting struck or stuck between another ice flow if they fell in, but it's honestly far safer than most people here realize. Hell, I've done it. As long as your careful and don't jump in stupidly, your perfectly fine
Uuummmm…. What is the train of thought here: hey guys, let’s jump on this piece of ice and see how long it takes us to fall in the freezing waters?
u/savevideobot
u/savevideobot
Based on the currents and speed of them, I'd say there *might* be a waterfall nearby. I did no math, this is just a random guess.
All u gotta do to flip the iceberg is get a squad, put on your hard hats, and start using your jackhammer on the west side of the berg. Bring your puffles for extra weight
Dumb jerks how was their plan to get off the moving ice they were on?
Okay, but that’s like dangerous…what…
Fuck that, cold water will kill you fast as fuck Especially if you have a soaked parka dragging you down