Thanks Antti,
I used your harness system and it worked out great. I started with a diver on the bottom. I just clipped into his line and followed it up and down a few times. Once he, and I, figured out that it was really pretty simple, meaning I wasn't going to die, I went on my own.
I did like you said and dropped a line straight down one corner of the hole with a weight belt on it. I tied the other end off on the surface and just clipped in and dove at my leisure. Or, at least as leisurely as three scuba divers and a freediver can fit in a hole in the ice.
Things got easier when the other divers would clear out and go off on their training dive. I even got to shoot off a couple of rolls of film. I have an Esclapez 5.5mm suit that kept me warm all day- I did get out for lunch.
THe only thing that got cold were my fingers. I have a pair of 3mm Picasso gloves that didn't quite do the trick. I had a pair of their three fingered mitts, but they were shaped funny in the index finger and would cut off circulation. Does anyone have any other suggestions on good freediving gloves?
Jon
