Winter mine diving can be strenuous :)

jhaaja · 6th March 2008, 05:35

Yesterday we had planned a photo dive to a new place in our local dive site. The weather was nice but a bit too cold. When arrived at the site the temperature was around -7C. Luckily the ice was not too thick so the hole was ready quite fast.

Everything went nicely until we got to 6m where I usually check the housing properly for leaks. I got a nice scare when I saw a few water drops inside the housing

. I found that water had seeped in through one of the button axle holes. We had to abort the dive and I took the camera back to the surface. There was only a few drops inside the housing so no damage done. I think this was caused by the cold weather shrinking the button axles. Next time I will take the housing underwater straight from the car.

After all we did a nice 90 minutes cave dive to the new area. When we came back to the hole in the ice we saw that there was no hole, it was frozen

A few bangs from below cracked the ice and we could climp out from the water.

The temperature had fallen lower, now it was around -15C. This started to freeze all the wet gear really fast. It was a tough job to get out of the drysuit.

Here is a fewe pics from the surface, taking pictures can be hard work

Edmund · 6th March 2008, 05:47

and the guys who live and dive in Hawaii say.........

rogeringebo · 6th March 2008, 05:47

Tropics are for pussies....(like me)

Rodge

jhaaja · 6th March 2008, 05:55

The weather was perfect exept the cold. The sky had no clouds and I don`t remember when I had seen the stars in the sky so good

The dive site is a bit remote so there is not much artificial light spoiling the stars.

Roger, when will you drag your pussy ass here? I guess summer is nicer?

JH

rogeringebo · 6th March 2008, 06:12

Ill be there as soon as I can, mate
Im just going to enjoy the last few months in the sun

This pic was from this morning..

Rodge

jhaaja · 6th March 2008, 06:24

Looks cold, you have a hood on

JH

Nad · 6th March 2008, 06:55

Quote: (Originally Posted by jhaaja)

Looks cold, you have a hood on

JH

I know the problem... maybe not so strenous but still too cold.

Do you have some pics of the inside? Which mine was it?

Nad

jhaaja · 6th March 2008, 07:08

Quote: (Originally Posted by Nad)

I know the problem... maybe not so strenous but still too cold.

Do you have some pics of the inside? Which mine was it?

Nad

RTFP

I had to leave the camera on the ice because the housing had a small leak.

It is an old lime stone mine in the center eastern part of Finland close to Pieksämäki, the village is called Montola.

Some older pics can be looked at at:
Picasa Web Albums - Jani - Cave and ice ...

And some of those pasted here for the lazy ones:

JH

jhaaja · 7th March 2008, 06:41

Tonight there will be a new attempt to go and take some pics from the Secret Place...

We will see how it goes, no the weather is nicer, only -4C at the moment.

JH

babar · 7th March 2008, 07:12

Man thats great: ice cave diving. maybe do it at night too. night ice cave rebreather diving.

See how many padi c cards you get in 1 dive.

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