Showing posts with label Ice Divers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice Divers. Show all posts

Monday, February 21, 2011

Ice Divers Make the Grade...

The very varied topside conditions over the weekend didn't create any significant challenges to successfully completing our annual ice diving course. The four divers pictured; Todd, Dan, Steve and Andrew all did well and gained a new appreciation for the discipline of diving under ice.

Well done to all of them, and many thanks to everyone who turned out to assist. At the risk of offending anyone else, I will single out Jim as the key supporting player over the weekend. He helped in every way possible. Many thanks too to Explorer Diving, caretakers of the dive site. They generously made the quarry available at no cost and Chris also assisted for much of the weekend.

There's a strong possibility, if everything comes together, that another course will be run next weekend. That's concrete evidence of the excitement being built, and maintained, in our Club. The dive season ahead promises to be a great one...

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Mission Accomplished - Four more ice divers certified ...

The Ice Diving Course came to a successful conclusion this afternoon with four new ice divers formally qualified to enjoy the discipline. Congratulations to Chris, Jesse, Steve and Kevin. Kevin racked up another accomplishment by making this final, optional, dive, his 250th one logged. A bit of a landmark. Many thanks to all those who gave generously of their time to help the course run smoothly. Notably, Dianne, Nancy, Gerhard, Chris C and Jim.