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This is my buddy Doc on my right. He's 70 and I'm 56.....what were we talking about? oh yeah....we free dive mostly but yeah, diving into my 70s? I don't think it'll be a problem unless I can cancer or something first. Doc made it to 90 feet free diving in our Performance Free Diving course last June. ya man....Bring on the pups....haha.
Note the 35lb amber jack laying at my feet that Doc shot with no reel or floatline. He wrestled it in after it pulled him over the reef three times.
On a large pile of smokin' A'a, the most isolated population center on the face of the earth. 2,175 miles to Alaska, 2,390 miles to California; 3,850 miles to Japan; 4,900 miles to China; 5,280 miles to the Philippines.
I'm 62, I've not slowed down at all (at lest when it comes to diving) from when I was 16 (well ... at least in my own mind, but my mind sometimes makes appointments that my body can no longer keep as easily as it once did, and the difference between that claim and reality sometimes gets me into spots that I'd rather not be in).
I refuse to believe that corporations are people until Texas executes one.
"Too often ... people enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought" - Leapfrog
"They are the McDonalds of diver certification. Quick, inexpensive and tasty. Pardon me for saying so, but I also believe it to be a health hazard." - DCBC
"It truly does boil down to motivation ... if you believe something is hard, or unnecessary to learn, you won't learn it ... even if it's completely within your capability" - Bob (Grateful Diver)
I'm 62, I've not slowed down at all (at lest when it comes to diving) from when I was 16 (well ... at least in my own mind, but my mind sometimes makes appointments that my body can no longer keep as easily as it once did, and the difference between that claim and reality sometimes gets me into spots that I'd rather not be in).
Referencing to the mind/body thing... Little Feat said it best, "you know that you are over the hill, when your mind makes a promise that your body can't fill" That applies at any age I suspect.
Well to put it into perspective... I know a guy who's 78 years old and dives 2 times a week. He stopped during 6 months when he was 75 because had to have heart surgery (double bypass). Afterwards the dive-doctors prohibited him from doing serious dives... so he told his regular buddy (60 years old) that on their next holiday to the South of France they would do conservative dives... no deeper than 200 feet.
At the moment it's 15 degrees Fahrenheit... and the water is close to freezing in our local quarry but he will be diving 2 times this weekend with his old mistral 1 stage regulator (he uses it still since it's not prone to freezing).
An old dinosaur who started in the early 60's... but still going strong. I suspect the moment he stops diving, the grim reaper will be close behind his tail, because diving is his life.
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