Lake Temagami …..in the paper

https://www.baytoday.ca/city-police-beat/sn...magami-10044746

Saw your other post as well on this similar topic. There has been a few tragic incidents again this year on the ice. It's hard to know what to say to family and friends. When you lose someone it is very sad. When a person loses their life because of an accident, it has ripple affects. Magnified again when the story makes headlines on the news. And the story continues as the words are passed on to others, until it is forgotten. But the family and friends will never forget a loved one lost too soon. Stay safe out there everyday. Whatever it is you are doing, please stay safe. Don't put your family and friends through what we read about year after year when someone dies out there. Take your time, don't rush. Think about what you are doing, before you do it. Enjoy today but stay safe, so you and your family can enjoy tomorrow.

What's an 82 year old man doing snowmobiling by himself. Tragic event. But stupid.

And a father and daughter drowned just after Christmas at Pete's Dam on Wabi river. It's a river FFS.

Why do people risk their lives?

It costs us all.

I often sledded by myself. Not close to however. I guess he died doing what he loved to do.

article doesn't say he went through ice does it at least I didn't see it.

In the headline

My old buddy at the hunt camp used to tell a story … for context he was one of two guys used to cut firewood for a livin’ in the bush everyday, years ago. Two good pals. They’re on lunch break one day, sitting in the woods, thick bugs, eating a sandwich and a coffee from their cooler/thermos. Getting eaten alive, sweating, etc.

The younger fella (my buddy who’s now 83) says to the older guy “Good Lord, when I’m an old man, I sure hope I don’t have to run a saw and cut wood for a livin’.” The older fella pauses, waits a minute, sipping his coffee…. looks at the younger one and says “when I’m an old man, I hope I’m lucky enough to ‘be able’ to be running a saw and cutting’ wood for a livin.”

That story has stuck with me. Now the same buddy is in the hospital after his second heart attack since beginning of December. I bet he wishes he was out running a sled in the dark ling fishing, not laying n a hospital bed.

Hats off to the old guy in this thread…. I think he was living till the end.

Amen to the guy doing what he likely loved to do to the very end!

I'm leaning into the story Drew posted


I lived way north for the first 40 years of my life and going solo or with a buddy was very common


did we make some mistakes........of course. And as got older I started taking more time and thought into venturing out at certain times,but never stopped loving the adventures and going solo is still a desirable thing


I also want to keep cutting firewoodd at age 77 and the funny part is, I can usually outpace the younger guys as I pace myself and they burnout after 30 minutes


It's easy to judge peoples actions when things go south......but we seldom know all the exact details

Think of the emergency services personnel who have to go fish the bodies out.

There's living life to the fullest but this is not it.

Because we don’t know all of the details of what actually transpired in this case, I think we shouldn’t judge the guy. No one plans to have an accident. Car, boat, sled or even playing tennis, or maybe at a nascar race. Emergency responders signed up for the job they have, and so that’s what they do day in and day out. Whether dealing with people who’ve done something illegal, legal, planned, unplanned, stupid or not, it is literally their job.

I am a landscaper and a arborist at 75....and right now do not see an end in sight and like you Werner I have hired students and the same ....outwork them by miles.

There are still some tough old buzzards around.......so easy on the ageism....lol.

Arnie

As I understand it, after speaking to a couple locals, the gentleman lived on the lake and was breaking in a new belt on his sled, following a marked trail that had already been in use for days.
The prevailing theory is that the ice had gotten a bit thinner due to wind-induced current, and he was traveling a lot slower than normal.

I think the original post was just a way to remind us all to stay safe out there. This fellow could have had many more years down here on earth. Many more years of enjoying what he loved to do. I bet he is up in heaven wishing he could come back and enjoy more of what he loved to do. I bet his family wishes he was still here enjoying what he loved to do. Anyone taken from us too soon, is too soon. Stay safe and enjoy today, so you and your family can enjoy tomorrow.