Diving in the Keyes

Add Homonym wrote:

I find SCUBA EASIER than snorekling. Waves break over the snorkel closer
in, and I feel I can't breath. No issues like that with a regulator.

True enough in the ocean or a lake, but I was suggesting she try this out in a pool.

George Patterson
If you torture the data long enough, eventually it will confess
to anything.

"George Patterson" wrote in message news: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

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

Pszemol wrote on 3/20/2007 4:11 PM:
Dead Sea is little bit saltier than the
ocean

More than a little bit :-)

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets

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. I've always wanted to dive in the reefs but I know I would never make
it.

Susan

I am a pathetic swimmer.

I got lucky and found this place in Cancun, run by an ex navy diver. H
egive you a crash course for about 2 hours - (basically - MAKE SURE YOU
BREATH NORMALLY ON THE WAY BACK UP, OTHERWISE YOUR LUNGS WILL RUPTURE
repeated over and over.) Then they take you out to one reef in about 15
ft of water to see how you do. (you have to take mask off, then put it
back on and blow the water out it, show you can work the bouancy
compensator, etc) Those that don't completely blow it then get taken to
a better reef in about 30 feet. Both dives are about 15-20 minutes each
- not enough down time and not enough depth to worry about the bends.

Well with all you dick bloweres in this group learning to snorkel or
scuba dive should come as a natural thing

And when you get done blowing "bubbles" ask him what his real name is!
Probably Wayne or Pszemol!

Yea right, just strap carol gulley on your ass and you have a handy
dandy bouyancy compensator.......

Your ****ing wrong about not being able to be bent in 30 feet of water
dude.....Prove me wrong.....

Oh and does it count if my middle name is Bubbles too, so here blow me
while your at it.




!On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:50:50 -0400, Add Homonym
wrote:

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. I've always wanted to dive in the reefs but I know I would never make
it.

Susan

I am a pathetic swimmer.

I got lucky and found this place in Cancun, run by an ex navy diver. H
egive you a crash course for about 2 hours - (basically - MAKE SURE YOU
BREATH NORMALLY ON THE WAY BACK UP, OTHERWISE YOUR LUNGS WILL RUPTURE
repeated over and over.) Then they take you out to one reef in about 15
ft of water to see how you do. (you have to take mask off, then put it
back on and blow the water out it, show you can work the bouancy
compensator, etc) Those that don't completely blow it then get taken to
a better reef in about 30 feet. Both dives are about 15-20 minutes each
- not enough down time and not enough depth to worry about the bends.



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

On Mar 20, 2:54 pm, ~Roy~ wrote:
Well with all you dick bloweres in this group learning to snorkel or
scuba dive should come as a natural thing

And when you get done blowing "bubbles" ask him what his real name is!
Probably Wayne or Pszemol!

Yea right, just strap carol gulley on your ass and you have a handy
dandy bouyancy compensator.......

Your ****ing wrong about not being able to be bent in 30 feet of water
dude.....Prove me wrong.....

Oh and does it count if my middle name is Bubbles too, so here blow me
while your at it.

!On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:50:50 -0400, Add Homonym

wrote:
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. I've always wanted to dive in the reefs but I know I would never make
it.

Susan

I am a pathetic swimmer.

I got lucky and found this place in Cancun, run by an ex navy diver. H
egive you a crash course for about 2 hours - (basically - MAKE SURE YOU
BREATH NORMALLY ON THE WAY BACK UP, OTHERWISE YOUR LUNGS WILL RUPTURE
repeated over and over.) Then they take you out to one reef in about 15
ft of water to see how you do. (you have to take mask off, then put it
back on and blow the water out it, show you can work the bouancy
compensator, etc) Those that don't completely blow it then get taken to
a better reef in about 30 feet. Both dives are about 15-20 minutes each
- not enough down time and not enough depth to worry about the bends.

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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

I bet carol was not the least bit surprised when she found out that
was not a snorkel that Wayne gave her to breathe through. Ans wayne
thought he was pulling the wool over that bitches eyes. Hell she is a
night time prowler of many years and used to be the main entertainment
for a motor cycle gang.....all y ou really have to do is ask carol and
you shall receive.

You really are as dumb as you sound are you not asshole. Swimming has
nothing to do with diving..get ****ing real you clueless ****wad!

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 05:37:25 -0500, "Pszemol"
wrote:

"Susan" wrote in message newsjJLh.9037$zx.6243@trndny05...
Wow, how neat!!! I'm jealous. I can't even swim in shallow water

Diving has little to do with swimming... :-)
You can do diving with very little swimming.



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Susan" wrote in message
newsjJLh.9037$zx.6243@trndny05...
Wow, how neat!!! I'm jealous. I can't even swim in shallow water

Diving has little to do with swimming... :-)
You can do diving with very little swimming.

I agree, just for the sheer weirdness of it you should try and get divetime
in a swimming pool with scuba gear.
Its great, you can just look around..... like being in space, going up and
down.
Your breathing is easy and normal, infact the one thing to remember is not
to hold your breath.
First time I did pool time with scuba I was impressed.
I swim well but its effort, diving unless theres a current can be a lot
less effort.
Even to lay on the bottem and watch a blenny go about it's life.
is really something.