Your Tek specialty

[Mako Mark]

deep ice, just another deep dive but through a hole.

Its just too expensive to buy all that ice... I dont understand how you guys can afford it..

 

[Spectre]

Some of us are lucky enough to get Natural-Funded A/C for a good number of months per year!

 

[GDI]

Its just too expensive to buy all that ice... I dont understand how you guys can afford it..

I tried but the ice machine kept breaking down and the Tampa Bay Lightning at the St Pete Times Forum would get mad if I took theirs

 

[Diver0001]

Just curious.........thanks

How would advanced nitrox/deco fit into that, if at all?

Before you know it you're going to land back on the question "what is a tek dive".

And what percentage of your dives need to be tek to justify calling yourself a "tek" diver?

R..

 

[Diver0001]

ChickDiver has a point.

deep, Ice

Hmmmm... Around here the ice tends to float.

R..

 

[Spectre]

Hmmmm... Around here the ice tends to float.

R..

Generally yea....

But if you've ever actually seen bottom ice... it's definately facinating. I've only seen it once. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but I think it forms around the rocks and foliage on the bottom and that prevents it from rising to the surface. It's definately one of those things that cause you to cock your head and re-examine if you should be adding helium to even shallower mixes!

 

[Mako Mark]

But if you've ever actually seen bottom ice... it's definately facinating. !

The only time I ever saw bottom ice was when I sat for too long on a chair lift during a storm, and there was NOTHING fascinating about that.

actually, it is a good thing that ice floats, if it didnt, it would pre-empt the existence of life on earth by creating a snowball planet.

 

[GDI]

I think he is talikng about Ice that has a sort of water fall look to it. Ice that forms from the top surface ice and joins to the bottom like water coming down a waterfall It is really cool

Are we still on topic?

 

[Diver0001]

I think he is talikng about Ice that has a sort of water fall look to it. Ice that forms from the top surface ice and joins to the bottom like water coming down a waterfall It is really cool

Are we still on topic?

Wow, where did you see that? It sounds really cool.

R..

 

[Lightning Fish]

Generally yea....

But if you've ever actually seen bottom ice... it's definately facinating. I've only seen it once. I'm not sure exactly how it works, but I think it forms around the rocks and foliage on the bottom and that prevents it from rising to the surface. It's definately one of those things that cause you to cock your head and re-examine if you should be adding helium to even shallower mixes!

To address the last few posts about ice, check this out: http://scilib.ucsd.edu/sio/nsf/

It is really cool. It also gives an explanation for how bottom ice (anchor ice) forms or stalactites form. The photos certainly make me interested in ice diving.

Cheers,
Bill.