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Old 01-29-2006, 08:12 PM   #5
Lakegeezer
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Default Bryant Point - always unsafe, always skimmed

Vermont Channel 3 has the story http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4426299&nav=4QcS and mentions that the incident happened at Bryant's point. That is the narrows that leads into the bay that eventually ends up at Greens Basin. It is very near a spot where another snowmobiler died last year at Ganzy island. Near Lees Mills. There is an "over land" route around the narrows because the narrows never freezes safely. Some years, even the shore near the overland route is not safe. Every year, there are lots of skimmer tracks through the narrows. Its not a short skim. You have to go about 100 yards - and you do it by choice, not by accident, especially at noon. Bryant's point is a classic Darwin spot. Hopefully this death will wake up other skimmers. Skimming is not a sport. I feel sorry for his family and friends, and hope that when the facts are better known, we find that it was an accident and not a lost gamble.

In general, the lake is very dangerous this year. Not only near rocks, but bubblers are melting more than normal. I saw a bubbler that melted the water a couple hundred feet out from the shoreline. Saturday night, six snowmobiles zipped by after dark, hugging the shore. They were lucky.
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