Friday, October 8, 2010

Scuba Do

Went to Jasper the weather was fantastic for the first of October, twenty four to twenty six degrees Celsius. That was warm for this time of year. Evelyn and I left early on Friday for Jasper. Cycled, twenty kilometers on the trails in and around Jasper. Because it is an altitude dive, your body should to be at that altitude for six hours prior to diving. Lake Edith Saturday morning eight a.m. My focus was on buoyancy, practicing going through hoola hoops weighted at different levels, staying buoyant swimming inch off the bottom. Search and recovery, finding a hundred pound item and using an air lift bag to lift it. Navigation, using a compass underwater and finding articles following a grid pattern. Saturday after noon cycled twenty-eight kilometers, around Lake Bovert to Jasper Park Lodge and golf course, to Lake Annet and Lake Edith, back to and all around Jasper the back to Whistler Campground. Slept well that night. Up and back to Lake Edith Sunday morning, more practice and instruction on the three courses I was focusing on, out of the water by noon. Then packed up the campsite during the four-hour wait for my body to get rid of nitrogen before crossing the Obed summit. It was a fantastic weekend.
Sifu Hayes
www.silentriverkungfu.com Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

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