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FreeFloat

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Okay, now that most of my local people already know about this.......

Here are the pictures from my Saturday dive.

I know there will be some comments... I will wait until I hear them before saying anything more...
 
Patience please, I'm having a great deal of difficulty with my upstream data transfers running very slowly, not sure why. That one picture (see 1st post) took over 10 minutes to load.
 
Ah, there we go. Spontaneously behaving now.

The picture "FF on Ice" is by far the best shot - wins for Artistic Impression. Kudos to the photographer!
 
Please allow me to note, that although yes indeed that is ice you are seeing in the pictures, this was strictly a "trust me" dive and that I now know better. I have had numerous lectures and discussions from concerned buddies and friends, and have gained more appreciation for the concept of "I don't know what it is that I don't know".

This has been a Public Service Announcement brought to you by Don't Copy Everything Someone Else Does.
 
I dont understand the big fuss ?

The only problem I see is that you didn't have a guide line leading you back to the Hole. in case of a silt out.

The simple solution is to follow Cave rules. Cut a hole above a known point (directly above the plane tail wing) go down, run a spool or a line to the wreck, explore the wreck, take the line back... if you silt out, or lose your mask, you follow the line back to the end, once you reach the end, you know you are at the tail of the plane! so you come straight up and out the hole. the tail wing of the plane is technically a Cavern environment because once you get to the end of the line you have direct access to the surface.
There is no current. I would not attempt this in a high current environment or where you have never been before

Of course to be following cave rules you should have a redundant air source, and diving 6ths with a bigger tank......

disclaimer I have not taken a cave course but I've been reading and researching and talking to cave divers for the past year
 
The whole point is that this dive was not technically done "properly" by me. I was diving a single tank, rule of 3rds, single 1st stage reg, no lines/tethers etc. Although we had a surface support person he was not "in gear ready to jump in" like you'd have on a proper ice dive.

The main reason I did this dive anyhow was because of the apparent simplicity involved - the fact the hole was right over the plane, and that there were two other people with loads of redundant air upon whom to call should things go south. Although that's not the point - by diving with improper equipment I was not exactly being a self sufficient diver now was I? Also I felt the chances of a silt-out were not that high given the type of bottom in the area we were diving.

If it had been 1) an unfamiliar site 2) had current 3) less viz (obviously we had fantastic viz that day) 4) colder surface temps, such that the hole would try to close over, or 5) any fewer people available, I likely would not have done this dive.

That said, they're STILL really nice photos
 
freefloat with all due respect..you said that you had surface support but in reality you had nothing..why would anyone go under the ice with no tether lines at all in the first place not to mention other proper equipment..were your partners not tied together either??i guess not....and artw your kidding me right?you dont see what all the fuss is??????
 

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