Diving in the Keyes

Pszemol wrote:
"Susan" wrote in message
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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 had to swim 200 yards with no gear to get certified. I don't know if
that's a requirement or if the instructor just wanted to get a feel for
our skill levels.

If you can't swim, you usually have a reasonable fear of water, and it's
best to feel perfectly comfortable jumping 10 ft off a boat with 80 lbs
of gear on.

Not that I wouldn't encourage anybody to get swim lessons and get
started. It's a really awesome experience.

--Kurt

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
"KurtG" wrote in message
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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.

I had to swim 200 yards with no gear to get certified. I don't know if
that's a requirement or if the instructor just wanted to get a feel for
our skill levels.

If you can't swim, you usually have a reasonable fear of water, and it's
best to feel perfectly comfortable jumping 10 ft off a boat with 80 lbs
of gear on.

Not that I wouldn't encourage anybody to get swim lessons and get
started. It's a really awesome experience.

--Kurt

"Susan" wrote in message newsPTLh.12096$dG.141@trndny08...
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.

Do not say this to yourself - since you are not afraid swimming at 4ft deep
it is now only a matter of practice and building your self confidence to
make the next step: deeper water and than diving... Good luck - you can do it!

Thanks Pszemol for the encouragement. I'm sure it will be awhile for me
before I dive

Susan
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Susan" wrote in message
newsPTLh.12096$dG.141@trndny08...
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.

Do not say this to yourself - since you are not afraid swimming at 4ft
deep
it is now only a matter of practice and building your self confidence to
make the next step: deeper water and than diving... Good luck - you can do
it!

Pszemol crotch dives ob Wayne..



On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:44:09 GMT, "Susan"
wrote:

Thanks Pszemol for the encouragement. I'm sure it will be awhile for me
before I dive

Susan
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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"Susan" wrote in message
newsPTLh.12096$dG.141@trndny08...
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.

Do not say this to yourself - since you are not afraid swimming at 4ft
deep
it is now only a matter of practice and building your self confidence to
make the next step: deeper water and than diving... Good luck - you can do
it!




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

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.

I taught a friend to swim and he was doing great. Then I told him that
he was in deep water and he completely lost it. This was in a pool with
life guards, and I was right next to him. He pulled me under, and I had
to wrestle him into an head lock and drag him to the side. My bad, but
he never tried again. I understand.

Although, it sounds like you can swim. It's probably just a matter of
building confidence and overcoming primal fears. Easier said then done,
but it can be done... and, summer is coming.

--Kurt

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.

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

George Patterson 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.


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.

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

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.

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