On Mar 20, 3:11 pm, "Pszemol" wrote:
"George Patterson" wrote in messagenews:7dULh.13799$O_5.10435@trnddc03...
Susan wrote:
I took swim lessons and still am not the best swimmer. I guess I should
have done lessons in my "younger" years and not as I got older. I totaly
agree that fear plays a huge part in swimming. Once I realized I could just
stand up in the 4ft. of water and had no reason to fear I took off across
it.

Pick up an inexpensive set of fins, mask, and snorkel and try that out in a
pool. You may find that you lose your fear when you can travel rapidly, see
clearly, and breathe normally. If so, moving up to SCUBA is simply a matter of
training and better gear.

Exactly this is what I had on my mind when I said diving is not
really swimming. Swimming is much harder: coordinate breathing
with moving hands/legs and taking air is hard - all these things
are no problem with snorkeling/diving.

And one more thing everybody tends to forget: sal****er is heavier
than swimming pool water, so you tend to stay at the surface more
often when you play in the ocean than on the pool...

Check this out:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_sea
Scroll down to the section Chemistry and health effects and look
at the picture on the right. Dead Sea is little bit saltier than the ocean so
the effect is exgagerated but you will understand what I am talking about

I hear you like to play th eskin flute there Pszemol...Did Wayne teach
you or did CArol Gulley