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SUNDAY. JULY 29. 1962
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
P.O. Box 252
By NORMA CLARK
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ICE-DIVINO
What is It like to spend
over 20 minutes in water thir
ty fret un-"r a ceiling of ice?
"Very pleasant," says C.
Kent " Brown, experienced
SCUBA diver of Clarksvllle,
Indiana.
One afternoon last winter
Mr. Brown, with five diving
companions and a score of
curious on-lookers, gathered
at a 50 year old stone quarry
that had been flooded with
watiT of sufficient depth for
SCUBA diving. A six-inch
layer of Ice covered the water.
"We put the guests to work
rutting a large hole out of
the ice." Mr. Brown writes,
"while my fellow divers and
I carried over 100 pounds of
gear and tanks from the cars
to (he diving area.
"Th divas ara axacutad
on a pra-arrangad plan, and
wa always station diver
at the lurfaea for each divar
under the ica.
"Those on the surface act
as tenders, and they sit pa
tiently, barehanded and cold,
throughout the dive to 'fish'
the nylon safety lines (our
only connection with them)
to read our every tug and
movement. One tug from a
diver below means 'all OK,
let oul more line'; two tugs,
'cnmirig in, take, up slack';
three lugs, 'hold steady'; four
tugs, 'in trouble, send diver'."
Mr. Brown recalls an "anx
ious" moment during this
particular dive when the port
side diver signaled to "hold
steady" - that he was in trou
ble. The stricken diver point
ed to his right calf. His com
rades rushed to squeeze and
twist the hard, cramped mus
cle, and long moments passed
before they were able to con
tinue on their way.
It was shortly after this in
terruption that they spotted
the old pit car tracks. "In
these quarry operations," Mr,
Brown explains, "the work
ers installed miniature rail
roads across the floor of the
pit. Ore cars ,wcre pulled to
and fro with donkeys, moving
the rock (rum blast areas to
the crusher. But now the uis
were sitting on their traces
rusting out the decades, mute
testimony to the activity that
once thrived there.
"On out way back to the
urfaca wa 'Haw' up through
Hats of color created by
sunlight and water layers,
and when we tilted our
heads back, we could see
the exhalation bubbles wob
bling toward the ice above.
Together we had exhaled
over 100 cubic feet of air
and loft the bubbles pooled
against the ceiling In lu
minous globules, where
they would remain trapped
until the spring thaw.
"In finding the way back
to the hole in (he ice, the
safety lines are almost a ne
cessity. While the divers
might follow the dive plan
exactly; they have only 10
to 20 feet visibility and could
miss the entrance, could be
too far from It to see it. Even
the most seasoned diver is
tempted to panic and swim
about frantically searching,
wasting precious air and en
ergy." He describes swimming the
last few yards. "With over
20 minutes in ice water, our
breathing had become labored
and the regulators whistled
with each breath. Our fine
steel tanks, built for over
2200 pounds per square inch
working pressure, were loud
and resonant when they rang
against the ice.
"Back at the surface our
tenders reached down for
our equipment as we trip
ped the straps and buckles.
They helped us swing the
heavy tanks up and out and
than literally 'rolled' us out
of the water. Their alert
faces broadened into 'wel
come back' grins of ap
proval for a good swim."
Mr. Brown concludes his
letter by saying that the
camp fire on Ihe shore, wool
blankets and hot coffee were
comforting sights to Ihrep
divers chilled to the bone aft
er a thrilling afternoon's adventure.
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