Ice diving

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When the diver comes off the line, he goes to the ice over head and becomes vertial to the ice. he would stick his knife into the ice and not move.The rescue diver would go out to the maximum or 125feet and make a 360 sweep under the bottom of the ice.
If the lost diver has done what he is trained to do, the rope should hit him as the rescue diver makes his sweep. the lost diver should take the rope in his hands and pull the rope towards the center, this is because he will not know which way to go. rope signal should have been talk about in the pre-dive briefing. the tender will start to pull the rope in.
In the classroom part rope signals, the different types of ice, where and how the weak spots are,