Ice Rescue Course

So about a year ago, I took an ice rescue class put together by the PCWR team (which I recently joined). The classroom portion was great, but we had an early thaw in 2010 and there was no ice. So the practicals were just swimming in a lake. This weekend, we got to redo the practical portion of the class and this is what the lake looked like.

So we put on the gumby suits, cut a few holes in the ice with some chain saws and did some great drills. Believe it or not, the methods and tools used from throwbags to rescue techniques are very effective. How fun does this look?