I stood in maybe 130 cm of water and tested whether my dry glove was leaking. Every time I leaned over to put my arm under, my lower back felt cold. Did that 3x and thought "Gee, that's odd. Don't know what to make of that, let's try again...".
Finally, after several minutes and at least 5 tests, it dawned on me that the glove was fine but my across-the-shoulders zipper was open.
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My buddy's suit value wasn't working and he climbed back on the boat to fix it. Someone threw me a snorkel to help me wait on the surface in slight chop. 5 minutes later my buddy is back in the water and his suit works fine. All our other checks were done before the drysuit inflate problem, so we check that the suit is now fine and with two thumbs down signals we're on our way.
I got to maybe 1m before I realized I had a snorkel in my mouth.
Yeah, I like bungied backups too.
Finally, after several minutes and at least 5 tests, it dawned on me that the glove was fine but my across-the-shoulders zipper was open.
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My buddy's suit value wasn't working and he climbed back on the boat to fix it. Someone threw me a snorkel to help me wait on the surface in slight chop. 5 minutes later my buddy is back in the water and his suit works fine. All our other checks were done before the drysuit inflate problem, so we check that the suit is now fine and with two thumbs down signals we're on our way.
I got to maybe 1m before I realized I had a snorkel in my mouth.
Yeah, I like bungied backups too.