Year Round Islanders???

KPW · 10-06-2020, 07:31 PM

I heard there was a guy on Cow named Ralph, that would use a kayak and just push himself over the ice when needed.

fatlazyless · 10-07-2020, 03:01 AM

A polar bear is the creature that comes to mind as well equipped to travel across icy cold open water, and frozen ice surfaces, with its excellent swimming and claws for climbing up onto the ice.

With a $300, 20-lb inflatable Aqua Marina Fusion stand up paddle board, a $300 dry suit from www.mythicdrysuits.com, a paddle, a pfd, feet ice grippers, and hand ice spikes, a determined paddler could go from land to ice to water to ice to land. Include a cup of hot coffee in a paper cup and you are good to go! ...

This paddle board has a recessed handle at its center and at just 20-lbs makes its easy to hold it under your arm while walking along and carrying it or towing it on a bow line across the ice. It is 10'6"x 32" x 6" and very sturdy design.

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And, here's a different method ...... by flying! Yesterday, Oct 6 in the mid-afternoon, heard and saw a small black helicopter that supposedly lives somewhere out on Bear Island ....... an enclosed, long distance helicopter that could cost maybe $150,000 or some unknown amount ..... capable to commute from Acton MA to Meredith NH.

ApS · 10-07-2020, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by KPW

I heard there was a guy on Cow named Ralph, that would use a kayak and just push himself over the ice when needed.

I remember reading about an early French missionary who crossed the firm ice of the Great Lakes—using a sail as an assist to moving the loaded canoe.

10-07-2020, 03:01 AM	#2
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,949 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 307 Thanked 1,059 Times in 772 Posts	A polar bear is the creature that comes to mind as well equipped to travel across icy cold open water, and frozen ice surfaces, with its excellent swimming and claws for climbing up onto the ice. With a $300, 20-lb inflatable Aqua Marina Fusion stand up paddle board, a $300 dry suit from www.mythicdrysuits.com, a paddle, a pfd, feet ice grippers, and hand ice spikes, a determined paddler could go from land to ice to water to ice to land. Include a cup of hot coffee in a paper cup and you are good to go! ... This paddle board has a recessed handle at its center and at just 20-lbs makes its easy to hold it under your arm while walking along and carrying it or towing it on a bow line across the ice. It is 10'6"x 32" x 6" and very sturdy design. ........................ And, here's a different method ...... by flying! Yesterday, Oct 6 in the mid-afternoon, heard and saw a small black helicopter that supposedly lives somewhere out on Bear Island ....... an enclosed, long distance helicopter that could cost maybe $150,000 or some unknown amount ..... capable to commute from Acton MA to Meredith NH. __________________ .... Banned for life from local thrift store! Last edited by fatlazyless; 10-07-2020 at 04:20 AM.

10-06-2020, 07:31 PM	#1
KPW Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 398 Thanks: 738 Thanked 118 Times in 59 Posts	I heard there was a guy on Cow named Ralph, that would use a kayak and just push himself over the ice when needed.