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February 10th, 2006
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For 28 years the dive shop I work for has been running ice dive training on the same weekend at the same lake. For the past 4 I've been doing the dive while freediving instead of teaching on scuba.
 Many of you have seen the photos, and videos, from years past and this weekend it's time to do it again! I have, privately, emailed all of the local freedivers whom I've met over the years but want to make sure that there aren't any lurkers out there who don't know about it. If your interested email me, or P.M. me, and I can send you maps and give more specific details. Needless to say we've got this thing pretty tricked out with hot showers, ropes, safety divers, dry (warm) changing areas, and places to lock your gear up over night- if you are going to dive both days. For our ice diving students we even have drysuits and heated argon! After 28 years, only 22 of which I have been ice diving, the group has figured out how it's done right- from cutting proper holes to after dive chili dumps and fish boils. Here some shot from previous years and I'll write up more after the weekend. Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40. 
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February 10th, 2006
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Ok, a couple more shots to catch your interest.
 Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40.
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February 10th, 2006
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No travel budget right now jon - otherwise I'd make my way over there! Looks like a blast - and what luxury!
Last edited by Fondueset; February 10th, 2006 at 22:26.
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February 10th, 2006
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ok Jon if your trying to get me to guess if thats you on the right in the wetsuit forget it I already fell for that one .
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#5
February 10th, 2006
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That's actualy our Czech transplant, Jitka- who also happens to be one of our boat captains. She does freedive, but only in summertime. If you check out my user's gallery you'll see some shots of her monofining up in Tobermorey. This time of year she concentrates more on tec/trimix diving and winter wreck diving charters.
There were a couple of people who enjoyed last years mild temperatures, including Rick, one of the diveing regulars. Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40.
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February 11th, 2006
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First day of Freeze-A-Palooza 2006 and we had the best turn out to date- 4 freedivers! In the past I could never get more than one to join me but we had a crowd today.
We're going to hit it again tomorrow and there are suppossed to be some new faces who are going to show up and dive with us- but the big question is will Ted drag himself out of hybernation to join us? Unfortunately, it snowed during the dive and was overcast all day. Add to this the somewhat murky conditions in the lake, and as a result it was really rough going taking pictures today.  Hopefully we'll get a little sun and I'll have some better shots tomorrow. Here's a view of our group: Brian, Nick, Jeff, and I'm lurkying in there somewhere. All in all a great day. temps were in the 30's (F) and we had lots of good food when we got out- 4 different types of home made soups as well as homemade cookies, cheese bread, and other Wisconsin staples. Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40.
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#7
February 11th, 2006
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Great Jon! The overcast and snow lends itself to the general mood of insanity that comes through.
Clear and calm day here today. 10f but got up to 32 as the sun rose in a perfectly clear blue sky. Had a great dive though I had some entry problems. The ladder I use had walls of ice between the rungs - I got stuck about halfway down and had to jump, then take off my fins, climb halfway up and get my camera. My gloves froze to the rungs where I'd used the lead weight on my flag to knock away the ice. Not much to see, but you sure could see it a ways off! Took this stunning photo of a large rock. Last edited by Fondueset; May 15th, 2006 at 16:08.
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#8
February 13th, 2006
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Conditions were MUCH better today than yesterday. The sun came out for a while and really lightend up the water so we could actually see.
Not as many freedivers today- mostly a bunch of Police Officers finishing up their ice diver training. We also had a very friendly Search and Recovery dog out there who did it's best to try and warm up Jeff's face. As the day went on the wind picked up and those of us in the water where warmer than those left standing around outside. A few more shots from the day: Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40.
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#9
February 13th, 2006
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Fonduset,
You certainly had better vis than we did! We didn't see too much either- except for zebra mussle encrusted rocks and branches on the bottom. My friend, Jitka, did get a shot of my C4 "ICE" fins. Jon
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UNIRDNA- "Think of me as the Shaman of spearfishing. I prefer to pass forth my knowledge through story telling, and interpretive dance." Last edited by Jon; November 15th, 2007 at 22:40.
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February 13th, 2006
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Carp-a-palooza? sounds like a plan, keep me posted, great pics Jon & Jeff, I had a great time on Saturday. I look forward to diving with you again Jeff, you too Jon & Nick. Any idea where Ted was? Must have been dreaming of "Warm-a-palooza"
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#13
February 13th, 2006
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Love the pics but you guys are nuts. I did the polar bear thing in Chicago once. 30 seconds of exposure but took an hour to thaw out. My Florida blood just can't handle it.
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February 14th, 2006
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And I thought california was cold.
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