Very interesting weekend in the pool Scuba lessons were a blast. Learning how to take your mask off and put it back on under water, then clearing it. Taking your mouth peace out, instructors shutting your air off. Taking off your buoyancy control device (BCD), and weights, on the surface and at the bottom of the pool and putting it all back on was a great experience with excellent instructors it is not such a big deal. Sipping air from a simulated broken regulator. Instructors covering scenarios of things that could go wrong, like running out of air in deep water and learning how to do a controlled ascent, makes you feel quite comfortable in the water. First rule never hold your breath, second rule breath slow, deep, easy, and stay calm. Where have we heard that before, fellow martial artists? What did not make me feel comfortable was swimming eight lengths of the pool then, treading water for ten minuets. Good heavens have not done that for about twenty years. But it did give me a great sense of accomplishment. Then it will be off to the mountains, Jasper. May ninth, tenth weekend to do four open water dives to get certified as an open water diver. Hope it warms up by then. Thanks again UBBT for giving me the push over the edge.
Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com
Stony Plain Alberta Canada
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