Becca65
Contributor
Ok - this is my confession - I hate the sensation of falling so the giant stride is not my friend. I understand the water will "catch" me, I understand my BCD has air in it that will stop me from sinking like a rock before I am ready to go under - but that feeling of falling between the dock and the water terrifies me. I don't jump off anything - not out of the back of my truck, not into my pool, not off my deck - I don't ride rollercoasters, I don't do anything that has my body going from a high place to a low place. Of course I did the giant stride for class, but still every time we plan to dive in a new place I stress about what the entry site is like - then I realized that they must also have an exit point so I can get in the water using that ladder rather than stride in. I recently read an article about a dive resort (in a place where they have great shore dives) and they mentioned that often they have guests who use the ladders rather than giant stride in off their docks -- so is this more common than I realize? Are there others out there who prefer to climb down to the water rather than jump in?