TracysaCADiver
Contributor
I had a little adventure on Saturday. Thought this might be a little helpful for the fellow newbies to the Sport.
Okay, Time for a little review here, but first a little bit from the "Humor" section...
Ancient Chinese Proverb: Man who jump in cold water, must use facilities.
Saturday night I was able to check out the Henderson at the property in Colusa. Water was about 40 degrees or so. It was a little chilly, but it was like jumping into a cold water lake or river during the summer. After a while you get used to it. Everything seemed to work fine.
A Few lessons:
1. First lesson was learned while in the "Facilities." Next Item I am buying is going to be a dive skin. That 7m suit was a little difficult getting off and then back on again.
2. Second lesson was the Ancient Chinese proverb above.
3. I can see why divers use weights. I went down only about 8 feet or so in the deep end, attemptng to get leaves out of one of the drains. If I didn't kick with the feet I would get about a foot and a half away or so and wouldn't be able to reach for the leaves. We attempted to use a bucket with a large rock in it, but since I didn't have the tanks and all, and this was more of a "freedive" it was taking me down a little too fast.
All of the equipment worked well (Henderson Thermoprene suit (2007 model), Hood, gloves, boots, fins, etc.). I'm looking forward to the classes so that I can learn how to clear the mask. It was fogging up quit a bit.
I bought the Henderson Thermoprene from Scubatoys for about $159 - it was a closeout model from 2007. I would imagine that it's a lot cheaper now.
BTW, I am posting this independantly. I wasn't encouraged by Scuba toys to post this message.
Okay, Time for a little review here, but first a little bit from the "Humor" section...
Ancient Chinese Proverb: Man who jump in cold water, must use facilities.
Saturday night I was able to check out the Henderson at the property in Colusa. Water was about 40 degrees or so. It was a little chilly, but it was like jumping into a cold water lake or river during the summer. After a while you get used to it. Everything seemed to work fine.
A Few lessons:
1. First lesson was learned while in the "Facilities." Next Item I am buying is going to be a dive skin. That 7m suit was a little difficult getting off and then back on again.
2. Second lesson was the Ancient Chinese proverb above.
3. I can see why divers use weights. I went down only about 8 feet or so in the deep end, attemptng to get leaves out of one of the drains. If I didn't kick with the feet I would get about a foot and a half away or so and wouldn't be able to reach for the leaves. We attempted to use a bucket with a large rock in it, but since I didn't have the tanks and all, and this was more of a "freedive" it was taking me down a little too fast.
All of the equipment worked well (Henderson Thermoprene suit (2007 model), Hood, gloves, boots, fins, etc.). I'm looking forward to the classes so that I can learn how to clear the mask. It was fogging up quit a bit.
I bought the Henderson Thermoprene from Scubatoys for about $159 - it was a closeout model from 2007. I would imagine that it's a lot cheaper now.
BTW, I am posting this independantly. I wasn't encouraged by Scuba toys to post this message.