BSAC

The success of the BSAC Ice Diving Course continues as 11 students successfully complete the latest Courses run in Bavaria and Austria by Ben Panter and hosted by the Taucherhof dive centre in Aitrang in Bavaria.

 

Students and instructors travelled from the UK to make use of the specialist facilities at Aitrang and the lakes in nearby Austria.

 

Comments from student Nigel Hewitt taken from his report of the event include :

 

"Now Ice diving uses a pretty belt-and-braces approach to rope in that they like to tie it round your tummy and then attach it to you with a stainless steel carabina. So we practiced our knots and walked up and down doing rope signals and, after lunch, we packed up into the van and ran off to a local lake to practice in the wet."


"Crawling and sliding on your tummy is a good way to cross the weakened ice near the edge and we played at it. I'm not sure whose idea it was but Richard and Thomas started to gather people around and jump up and down. They needed quite a few but as Ben joined them the concentric ring of cracks appeared then thickened and they finally ended up in the water. A clear lesson that a bit of creaking and some cracks isn't a problem and falling in nice warm 4°C water isn't either."

"I was a bit apprehensive at times but the course material is well thought through and I didn't need to know anything I didn't know."

"Thanks must go to Ben and Richard our instructors, also Thomas and Marion of Tauchehof and all my fellow students for making it and informative and enjoyable SDC. "

 

read Nigel's full report and see more pictures here

 

 

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The British Sub Aqua Club are grateful for the efforts of all people involved to date in developing this course but in particular especial thanks are due to Iain Aitchison for the orginal concept, development of the the course and instructor base and for the enthusiasm to see the project through.

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Future events are planned for early in 2008 for details contact technical@bsac.com