Way Off Topic .. Calling All ....

[purplebear7]

Calling all Divers and Adventurers.  (Plus anyone who likes a little challenge [img alt=confused width=25 height=23]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/confused01.gif[/img])

Following up on several months of work by a few very dedicated people I am now able to let this one out of the bag for real [img alt=thumbs up width=25 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif[/img].
All being well (I've not seen it myself yet) the February issue of SCUBA magazine (out about now) will run a page on Great Dives.
One of my 8.000 plus dives is the topic this month .. the bit should include an invite to a blog .. remarks, comments, questions welcome.
I just hope the mag 'editorial team' have not butchered things up too much .. as they so often find it necessary to do ? [img alt=scared width=18 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/scared.gif[/img]

I guess not many of us buy this magazine .. so I'm putting this info out as an off topic post .. some of you just might find it interesting?

www.tangotruths.wordpress.com    You might like to grab a coffee and have a read [img alt=thumbs up width=25 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/thumbsup.gif[/img]  Cheers.

Stay Safe [img alt=wing width=18 height=18]http://fazer1000.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/wink02.gif[/img]  Trev

[Kosmic Kartman]

Interesting read.

I've sent it to two of my diver buddies.

[BBROWN1664]

:agree

Very good read Mr Bear.

[JZS 600]

I know a guy who had to shit in his dry suit when he was lost in the Channel near the shipping lanes.


He was only lost for 11 hours but it was overnight...........


The chopper found him, and his buddy next day but he was telling me it's amazing what goes through your head

[Buzz]

I'd just like to thank you for sharing that story, you've had an interesting career under the waves it seems...

[dolau]

interesting.... for someone who cant swim

[purplebear7]

:lol    Funny how so many people say they can't swim .. we all spend the first 9 months of our lives doing it.

The so called dumb Animals are never given lessons in the shallow end .. they just get in and get on with it as and when required .. cats, dogs, horses, elephants .. even cows!  The only breed I know of that gets into trouble quite quickly are sheep .. their wool rapidly gets to be too heavy for Archimedes Principle to work  :'( 

Almost all humans float naturally .. more so when relaxed or dead .. it is mostly a case of just relaxing and breathing normally.  Failure to relax and breath is in the mind .. not the body!

Most people can't sink if they want to .. 'swim free' type divers (on scuba) need lead weights to get them down .. and more importantly .. keep them there  !

Back in the old days of Standard Dress diving gear (the big brass helmets, etc) lots of divers had never learned to swim .. they didn't really need to and in that (up to 200 pounds and more in weight) kit they couldn't anyway  :\ .

Swimming comes in very handy at times .. like if you are about to drown .. so you really should get the 'floating on your back' bit sorted at least.

Stay Safe Guys ... sleep in your Lifejacket        Trev    (The Polar Bear in Spain)

[JZS 600]

"I'd just like to thank you for sharing that story, you've had an interesting career under the waves it seems..."




I could tell you the rest of the story  :lol :lol :lol

[purplebear7]

JZS ... Please do .. sounds like it might be interesting    or maybe just very messy  :eek

Stay Safe    Trev

[JZS 600]

Man, when he got off the helicopter into the hospital he was jumping up and down shouting "yes,  yes" he was so happy.


His buddy was a broken man (according to him)


ANYWAY,,, when he was in the hospital, and he got his dry suit off, he was in a shower room with a nurse who was looking after him. He thought he had washed himself but when he turned around, he had a skid mark about a foot wide and and all the way up his back.


The nurse pointed this out to him.


She had to scrub it off him......    :lol