There were two holes. One was over the plane which the ice diving course was using and that they recovered the body from. The second hole was in the shallow bay area. This was where the three divers started from and two returned to.
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These 2 reports seems to indicate that the instructor was with a different group.
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Yes, this was an ice dive. The quarry was completely iced over. There were only two entry/exit holes, one over the plane and one in the shallow area.
The instructor was with a different group. The three divers were completely independent from the dive course. There is another thread on the same topic. I posted some more details there. Diver death at Morrison's Quarry
Ok, I'm a rank newbie with 25 dives and no ice dives (or other overhead/hazardous/technical dives) to his name, so I'm most likely missing the point.
But, what is the interest in regards as to who cut the hole used by the unfortunate trio? Somehow, I don't think they drove by (that part of the quarry isn't exactly visible from the road), saw the hole and rushed home to get their gear. They most likely showed up intending to ice dive, and probably ready to cut a hole. No?
Again, I have no experience in this, I'm not judging the comments and I'm just looking for an opportunity to learn something.
Thank you.
So based on this information, they were not part of the course, and the instructor/course had cut a hole near the plane that they did not use....who cut the hole near the beach? Did the unfortunate threesome cut their own hole, or did someone leave a hole open from a previous dive event for them to get "curious" about?
Ok, I'm a rank newbie with 25 dives and no ice dives (or other overhead/hazardous/technical dives) to his name, so I'm most likely missing the point.
But, what is the interest in regards as to who cut the hole used by the unfortunate trio? Somehow, I don't think they drove by (that part of the quarry isn't exactly visible from the road), saw the hole and rushed home to get their gear. They most likely showed up intending to ice dive, and probably ready to cut a hole. No?
Again, I have no experience in this, I'm not judging the comments and I'm just looking for an opportunity to learn something.
Thank you.
I think the point is that you are suppose to fill the hole back in afterwards and mark the hole area somehow so that some unsuspecting walker, skier, snowmobiler etc does not go through the hole afterwards. This practise is not always followed at the quarry as it is not readily open to the public and divers tend to reopen the same hole. I suppose an open hole might be a temptation to an untrained/unqualified diver but in this case, these divers were prepared to open their own hole as they had a chain saw in the back of their truck.