The 2008 Ice DIving Course was brought to an end this afternoon. Congratulations to Nancy, Dianne, Otto-Carl and Gerhard on their new certifications. And thank you to everyone (and there were many) who provided assistance. This most labour-intensive of all our training offerings demands a great deal from everyone involved. This year the demands on the instructor were considerable too. It's greatly to our chief instructor's credit that he battled an infection all weekend to keep the course on track.
Pictures have been posted on our Club Flickr site. A brief video with highlights of the weekend's activities can be seen on You Tube.
For the record keepers, and to save you reading the comment below, we saw water temps of about 40F (4C) and air temperatures between freezing and -8C (18F). There has to be a suspicion that the quarry is spring fed. That water temperature defies any other explanation. The weather was changeable, with blowing snow one minute and bright sunshine the next.
And if you like a little bit of scurrilous gossip - ask anyone who was there about the chainsaw and the jeep...
2 comments:
That looks like a lot of fun.
What were the water and air temps?
Most importantly, who won the hockey game?
Steve - the water temperature was a surprisingly mild 40F (4C). That's likely to be the result of the quarry being spring fed. The air temperatures varied. We saw about -4C (25F) at the outset, then it swung through about 0C for most of the time before dropping to -8C (18F) on the final afternoon. Fortunately, the Sun was shining strongly as we tore down the site...
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