First guy I knew who died by sled was an up-and-coming Italian dude down in Guelph. Had a lot of stuff going on. He was an electrician, if I remember correctly, and he was branching out from wiring houses to building them.
Had just built a house for himself out on Victoria Road, overlooking the city. Lovely views. Also had a 640 Ski-Doo TNT, in an era when a 440 TNT was a fast sled.
I don't remember the details. All I remember is that he went out on his sled and then he was dead.
Guys used to take their sleds out on the lake all the time. You can let her rip out there. You should really get off-shore a bit for those high-speed runs. Get too close to shore and you never know when there's a rock outcrop hidden under the next snowdrift that you're gonna hit at 100mph.
But you don't want to get too far out there. Lake Huron never freezes over. Sooner or later you're gonna run into open water, ie the water is open, having no ice cover, and you and your sled are gonna sink to the bottom...
Then there was the kid who pegged the throttle on a side-road nearby. Didn't even see the truck parked on the shoulder till he hit the back of it. "At high speed," the news story informed us.
Yup, I should definitely be shopping for another sled.
Or not.
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