ice diving harness question

[LKunze]

I don't ice dive yet but may in the future.  If and when I do I would personally use Shooter's method of clipping to my harness shoulder D-Ring.  I too dive a backplate/wing setup vs. a jacket or rear-inflate BC.  I like the streamlined and solid feel to the BP/Wing and would not want to change the standardization of my current gear configuration.  It's all up to what you want and what you are comfortable with but keeping everything standard in my opinion is the better way.  Why change what is working for you if you don't have to?  If I dive in the caribbean or locally my gear configuration is always the same (though I do use a smaller wing for warm water diving) and it works just fine for all types of diving that I do.  The only difference is in the exposure protection that I wear.