I was caught in the current up against the ice. It was getting dark and it was bitter cold. I stepped onto the ice and fell through. I felt the river bottom and chopped through the ice with my one hand and held onto the boat for dear life with the other.. My wetsuit system kept me warm and dry. I crawled up on shore, pulled up the boat, and hiked up a path to a farmers house by a road I could see on the GPS.

I'm not doing that again.