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 [[https://​www.wimp.com/​how-to-survive-a-fall-through-ice/​|https://​www.wimp.com/​how-to-survive-a-fall-through-ice/​]] [[https://​www.wimp.com/​how-to-survive-a-fall-through-ice/​|https://​www.wimp.com/​how-to-survive-a-fall-through-ice/​]]
  
-//​(//​**Editor'​s comment: **//Staying calm is always a good idea, but be careful about comparing this specific example of falling through ice with open water immersion - in open water if your head goes underwater and you gasp (which is involuntary with cold water shock) you will take in water and that can easily be all she wrote particularly if you do not have a PFD on - you will never get a chance to calm down or get control of your breathing...)//+//​(//​**Editor'​s comment: **//Staying calm is almost ​always a good idea, but be careful about comparing this specific example of falling through ice with open water immersion - in open water if your head goes underwater and you gasp (which is involuntary with cold water shock) you will take in water and that can easily be all she wrote particularly if you do not have a PFD on - you will never get a chance to calm down or get control of your breathing)//
  
 I've found in my experience sometimes I have to really focus - if I don't then everything becomes much more difficult. I've found in my experience sometimes I have to really focus - if I don't then everything becomes much more difficult.