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I Love Scuba Diving

I learned to scuba dive long ago with a friend, we did around 50 dives and then stopped. Many years later I took up the sport again with another friend. This time we took an advanced diving course so we could get some training on night diving and deep dives.

I had a new Whites diving suit to test out. I had used one before, but it had been a lot of years. I got in the Water with my buddy and discovered I did not have enough weight on my belt to submerge, I did not have my ankle weights, so I swam to the shore and grabbed a couple of rocks to stuff in my pockets, and was then able to get under the water.

Down near the bottom I added a bit too much air to my BC and was having trouble venting from the sleeve, I started to float up too fast feet first and was unable to swim down to compensate while frantically trying to vent from the sleeve which was now too low.

I remembered the stories about burst lungs etc so began a constant exhale as I struggled to get my feet underneath me and I nearly succeeded, but by then I was already near the surface. Fortunately I was not down very deep this time. I came shooting out of the water like a rocket. No damage of any kind. I noticed the rocks that were in my pocket were gone.

Never use rocks in your pockets for weight, and remember your ankle weights with a dry suit.

We did 30 or so dives before stopping. Diving is a lot of fun but can get tedious if you dive the same places too often.
bhatjc · 46-50, M
Have you ever done any cave diving
bhatjc · 46-50, M
That is true. All the slit and sand that gets ficked up and you are toast. But this is a flew places that you can dive in old mines.
Is there anything to see in an old mine?
bhatjc · 46-50, M
@BalletDancer: Yeah, check out the Bonne terre mine.

Their is one in texas that is in old missile silo

 
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