Final answer:
The excerpts provided do not contain information about a character named Fritz hitting the ice at a skating rink, so it is not possible to answer the question accurately.
Step-by-step explanation:
The provided excerpts do not include any specific incident where a character named Fritz hits the ice at a skating rink. Therefore, it is not possible to determine what Fritz might have told people about this incident.
The excerpts are rich in detail and offer snapshots of events and experiences in cold environments, alluding to the themes of survival, danger, and personal encounters, but they do not pertain to the question asked about Fritz and a skating rink.
The characters and situations described come from the more extensive narratives from which the excerpts are derived, but without clear reference to the specific character Fritz and his experiences, we cannot provide a factually accurate answer to the student's question regarding what Fritz told people about hitting the ice at the skating rink.