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That sounds like a very reasonable way to do it. There's plenty of frozen lakes around here (Alaska) in winter but I've never gotten in to ice diving because the ocean stays ice free for the most part and why fuss around cutting holes in lakes when you can go dive off the beach and catch king crab and scallops? But that sounds like the way to do it. I think I would just take the backup anchor off my boat and throw it in the back of the truck and use that as the drop line and leave the dry end tied off to my hitch. I think it's 9/16" braided nylon. But maybe you guys are talking about lakes that you can't just drive out on. What is the purpose of the javex jug [what is a javex jug?] Is this a float? To keep the line taut? Kent Lind Juneau, Alaska > -----Original Message----- > From: Schultz, Steven [mailto:Steven.Schultz@sp*.gc*.ca*] > Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 6:15 AM > To: 'Matthew R Bauer'; techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: RE: Ice diving > > > I've done ice diving, but never DIR ice diving. I've always done it a la > PADI. > > To do it DIR, keep your harness and wings the same. The only thing that > needs to change to dive in ice-water is the size of your clips. Put Big > bolt snaps on everything. > > Of course your regs are environmentally sealed with a low IP. > > Now comes the line laying. I've always done this a la PADI with a pain in > the butt harness and a big rope. The way suggested to me by DIR > ice divers > is to dive it like a cave. Instead, drop a line with a 15 lbs > weight on it > to the bottom. Have a javex jug on the line floating in the hole, and > secure the "dry" end of the line to the ice with an ice screw. Now decend > the drop line, and tie your reel off and you're ice diving. > People who are > cave trained (not me) know how to do this. > > Hope that helps > > ss > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew R Bauer [mailto:laocoon@et*.or*] > Sent: October 16, 2000 10:50 PM > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com > Subject: Ice diving > > > Somebody want to give me the dir approach to ice diving? > > Matt Bauer > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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