It's his fault that I'm going to have to find an heir for the Borg avatar.
Rob was kind enough to take me and Peter out this afternoon for a taste of sidemount diving. I was using Rob's wife's Nomad and LP95s. I think this was the same setup I swam around in for ten minutes three years ago, but I think it's adjusted quite differently now, because the thing that I didn't like at all from before -- tanks that wallowed around in quite different directions than I did -- wasn't present this time at all.
In fact, this time . . . well, all I can say is WOW. I have never, ever, ever felt so stable in the water. No matter what I did (or didn't do) or what position I assumed, I was just . . . there. And I could SEE in front of me! I swam on my back, on my side, swam uphill and downhill, swam backwards and did spins. It was all easy in a way that doubles have never felt easy. Of course, I had some buoyancy oops moments, trying to find the inflator and the little knob on the dump, but that's just unfamiliarity with the gear. Overall, I was just utterly and simply thrilled.
I have been saying for a while that sidemount was in my future, because my knees don't like carrying doubles up and down hills. Well, I'm afraid the future is much closer than I thought it was.
Kathydee, want a cupcake?
Rob was kind enough to take me and Peter out this afternoon for a taste of sidemount diving. I was using Rob's wife's Nomad and LP95s. I think this was the same setup I swam around in for ten minutes three years ago, but I think it's adjusted quite differently now, because the thing that I didn't like at all from before -- tanks that wallowed around in quite different directions than I did -- wasn't present this time at all.
In fact, this time . . . well, all I can say is WOW. I have never, ever, ever felt so stable in the water. No matter what I did (or didn't do) or what position I assumed, I was just . . . there. And I could SEE in front of me! I swam on my back, on my side, swam uphill and downhill, swam backwards and did spins. It was all easy in a way that doubles have never felt easy. Of course, I had some buoyancy oops moments, trying to find the inflator and the little knob on the dump, but that's just unfamiliarity with the gear. Overall, I was just utterly and simply thrilled.
I have been saying for a while that sidemount was in my future, because my knees don't like carrying doubles up and down hills. Well, I'm afraid the future is much closer than I thought it was.
Kathydee, want a cupcake?