The derby is Centered on Lake Winnipesaukee, and it is called the Meredith Rotary Fishing Derby, but that doesn't mean they are encouraging being on unsafe ice. New Hampshire is full of smaller lakes that have 12+ inches of ice on them. parts of Winni have up to 8-10 inches. they are allowing this to happen throughout NH but they are not suggesting you go to the middle of the big lake where it is unsafe. If you go through, your stupidity caused it.
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Originally Posted by brk-lnt
While I think this holds true for the any-random-day-of-the-week scenario of a lone ice-fisher out on the lake, for an organized event where the promoters are effectively encouraging people to come out on the ice I think there is an implied level of safety.
For these events to take place somebody has to deem that the ice can hold a reasonable gathering of people in a safe manner. That's not to say they need to foresee EVERY possible outcome... you can have a group of people gather for an event in the parking lot in front of the Meredith town downs and can't protect them against an out-of-control truck crashing through the crowd, or a sudden and unexpected earthquake, but you would assume the area is not prone to sinkholes.
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