Ice Dive

[DOkie]

Stan - My sincerest apologies for not giving you the benefit of the doubt. I think under those circustances, you did an excellent job. (Not that you need my approval - grin). In my defense I've seen way too many divers with the "I got THAT one camera" attitude and it is a pet peeve. Sorry!!!

 

[<*)))><]

Cool story Stan. Kueka's a favorite dive of mine. In SUMMER. You guys are too tough

 

[BGF]

definitely a good story, and I completely agree with allowing a diver (knowing help is looking right at you, a few ft away if needed) to sort out their own issues under water. Agreed that the experience may save their life the next time something "unplanned" happens under water.

Stan, I'd love to see the video, and hear about the conditions/vis. I'm now living in CT, but grew up in MI and had a cabin on the south arm of lake Charlevoix (just south of Ironton). Have dreamed of getting back there since I've been certified. Thanks again.

 

[Double D]

Hi Everyone. I wanted to chime in on this thread because I am the diver in Stan's video. I talked to Stan this weekend and hopefully he will find some time to post the footage soon. I was going to tell the story from my perspective, but I started typing and the details got cumbersome, so I will hold off until the video is up, and let you see for yourselves. The story sounds far more sensational that the actually events. I won't dismiss the inherent dangers of ice diving, but I was never worried. If I hadn't had the pony freeze up on me I would have been able to spend a few minutes swimming around and undoing myself. The pony reg did freeze up though, so when Stan flashed the shears, I was happy to give up. He was right next to me and we were flashing oks back and forth the entire time. Plus, it's easier to keep a cool head when you know that everything you do is going to end up on the Internet.

Thanks again for the help, Stan. I nervously await the video's premier.

 

[StanS]

Hi everyone. I'm trying to get the video uploaded and can't do it because my file extension is.wmv. I don't know how to change it and scuba board won't support it from what I can see. I tried to upload it anyway, but no luck. Advice on how to upload, please???

Thanks,
Stan

 

[Divers Incorporated]

Upload it to YouTube and then link it. THere are also a few translators that are free out there.

PM me if you get stuck.

Rich

 

[StanS]

Here's the link to You Tube for the video.

YouTube - ice dive

 

[BGF]

thanks for posting Stan, definitely an interesting piece of video. As your initial post noted, the other diver stayed calm and tried to sort out the issues as they came up :god: . It always amazes me how quickly lines can go from just being looped over a 1st stage, to completely wrapped around a diver making the untangling impossible. Once again, glad that everything worked out!

 

[SteveAD]

Good save stan. One thing I noticed was that once the entanglement became an issue, there was no longer a freeflow. DD did you shut off while out of frame, run out of air altogether, or did the freeflow just resolve iself?

 

[StanS]

Good save stan. One thing I noticed was that once the entanglement became an issue, there was no longer a freeflow. DD did you shut off while out of frame, run out of air altogether, or did the freeflow just resolve iself?

At the time of the freeflow we were already 15 min's into the dive. By the time we got to the top of the bow the tank must have exhausted itself. Shows you how fast you can loose your gas from a freeflow. Good thing he was wearing a larger pony as back-up. That is why I cut the line when I did as it was time to abort and get out of the water.