Here we are on our way to Rattlesnake. I was the cowboy..willing to take a chance on thin ice...I went first. Many of the guys were old enough to be my father..and were hesitant to "Go Forth". I convinced them... and they were happy. The ice was about three inches. We would stop every once in awhile to check the thickness. This is done by eyeballing the "Cracks" in the ice...you can judge the thickness by the depth of the cracks. Whenever we stopped we would "Spread Out", so as not to concentrate our weight in one spot.
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