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.

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message thlink.net...
Pszemol wrote on 3/20/2007 4:11 PM:
Dead Sea is little bit saltier than the ocean

More than a little bit :-)

Like ten times more :-)
But this was exactly the point of using it as an illustration
of much easier swimming in the ocean than in the pool.

If you have couple more pounds of fat around your
stomache it makes it even easier to float in the ocean :-))
.... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)

Pszemol wrote:

... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)

Damn. We almost had her talked into it.

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

George Patterson wrote:
Pszemol wrote:

... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)

Damn. We almost had her talked into it.


Unfortunately, shark populations are dwindling rapidly. There were only
two sitings in a group of 21 drivers and 5 dives each. Both were nurse
sharks.

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
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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!

Did someone say "sharks"?? YIKES!!!! ;-)

Susan
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Pszemol wrote:

... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)

Damn. We almost had her talked into it.

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

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
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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!

I bet Wayne would love to muff dive on you susan! Hell he muff dives
Carol Gulley.


On Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:45:28 GMT, "Susan"
wrote:

Did someone say "sharks"?? YIKES!!!! ;-)

Susan
"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Pszemol wrote:

... and probably makes you tastier for sharks, too ;-)

Damn. We almost had her talked into it.

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




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

"KurtG" wrote in message
news

I had my first glimpse of wild reef systems over the weekend. Very, very
cool. Dived in Key Largo which was also the site of 3 diving deaths on
Friday which prevented us from diving the Spiegal Grove (
http://www.cdnn.info/news/safety/s070318.html ), but all worked out well
as I spent more time on the reefs.



but why link to a diving fatality?
poor souls.

swarvegorilla wrote:
but why link to a diving fatality?
poor souls.



Dive accidents are investigated to learn from the mistakes of others. I
provided the link just as a convenience to other divers that may be
interested. I didn't intend to be morbid.