This video really takes me back to my hard core diving days! I was a scuba instructor (NAUi, PADI, YMCA) for 25 years and in the winter we did a lot of ice diving.
One year our dive club went to Ontario for a winter ice festival put on by a Canadian dive club that had lots of crazy activities. First of all, after standing on the ice underwater (upside down) for a few minutes, you do become aclimated to it and your view of what is right and wrong completely reverses. More than a few couldn't deal with their bubbles going "down" instead of up and got vertigo which resulted in nausea, which I got once in the the race described below.
Two triangular holes were cut in the ice about thirty feet apart (triangular holes are easier to enter and exit). There are two teams racing against each other on the surface as they pull a buddy, who is "standing" upside down on the ice under the surface about 50 yards from the hole. The tow line is attached to the diver's chest on s five-point harness. The winner is the team whose diver falls "out" of the hole onto the surface of the ice first!
What is very comical is watching the diver try to re-acclimate to the normal world on the surface. Lots of stumbling, vertigo and staggering is involved. I'm speaking from experience here.
Yes, it's pretty crazy, but was one way to deal with a long, cold winter. Being young and stupid helps, too!
Nick
"Valkyrie"
