Ice Diving Anyone?

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Grumpie, what kind of line does your PSD team use for ice? What safety factor is used?

The rope I'm considering is 1600 but that only comes out to 8 at the very most. If I use 5 it's less conservative (and it's inside of the 5-12) but allows for a very heavy diver. I don't know if that's a big enough margin. I'd be happy with 3000 but then I'm into double braid and might as well use my 8.5mm at something like 4250 and accept the 400-800# wet core loss.

I suppose it's also worth saying that these are dedicated water lines and should never see fall factors above .5 as I don't do swift water.