Diving Season

[KILL TULLY]

Almost time for first dive!

Everyone who hasn't, get certified this summer!

Even if you are landlocked, I gaurentee some YMCA has a certification program, try to find PADI certification though!

 

[dorian gray]

heh i thought this said dRiving season. i thought, "what the hell?"
anyway, i cant dive because i cant swim because im afraid of water because the chesapeake bay bridge/tunnel freaked me the fuck out when i was a kid

 

[Hell Mike]

I want toooooo

 

[cthulufhtagn]

heh i thought this said dRiving season. i thought, "what the hell?"
anyway, i cant dive because i cant swim because im afraid of water because the chesapeake bay bridge/tunnel freaked me the fuck out when i was a kid

you really can't swim? i never understand how people can not know how to swim...

 

[dorian gray]

really cant. probably could to save my life. well, probably not but youll never find me out in a body of water anyway

 

[NAD]

I always loved my grandfather's story about how he learned to swim. They took him and several kids (around 10 years old I think), and tossed them into an unfriendly river, wishing them luck to make it out alive. Pennsyltucky rules.

 

[Reign in Acai]

I could barely swim myself. I can make my way around a pool. (Swim from one side to the next, grab the edge, take a breath, repeat.) But if I was thrown in the middle of the Pacific, I'd be a goner.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I can swim, its the whole holding my breath that sucks. 20 seconds and im done for.

 

[KILL TULLY]

I can swim, its the whole holding my breath that sucks. 20 seconds and im done for.

Well, if you hold your breath while diving either: your lungs explode or bubbles form in your blood and you get the bends. Depending on if you swim up or down.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

no worries, I like to stay on land.

 

[Reign in Acai]

The ocean seriously frightens me. The closest I get to it is putting on ISIS.

 

[dorian gray]

bubbles form in your blood and you get the bends.

that sounds most unpleasant

 

[KILL TULLY]

that sounds most unpleasant

Yea, pretty scary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decompression_sickness

And actually its not a breathing-related-thing.


But if you hold your breath and move up or down, you still die.

 

[lizard]

in that book I recommended to tully but he never bought, a father and son both got the bends diving on a sunken U-boat and died in a horrible manner, the nitrogen bubbles in the blood.

 

[Dead_Lioness]

Almost time for first dive!

Everyone who hasn't, get certified this summer!

Even if you are landlocked, I gaurentee some YMCA has a certification program, try to find PADI certification though!

Tully awesome!
I have 3 stars myself, its the best thing EVER!
I used to live in Israel and dive a lot in the red sea, and the famouse blue hall...
amazing experience!

Can't wait to dive again!
where do you go Tully?

 

[KILL TULLY]

Tully awesome!
I have 3 stars myself, its the best thing EVER!
I used to live in Israel and dive a lot in the red sea, and the famouse blue hall...
amazing experience!

Can't wait to dive again!
where do you go Tully?

I want to dive in the Red Sea! I hear its amazing...

I've been diving in the Bahamas, US Virgin Island, and Hawai'i, and only recently around New England (which is where I live, so I shoulda started sooner!).

I'm trying to get a buddy to head to Lake Winipesauki soon, to dive a train wreck...I'm interested in diving things that arn't aquatic, hah. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...im so clever.


Next paycheck in a week =

Mares Abyss 05

and

Deep Sea Supply BP/W

mmmmmmm, stuff...




ALSO: To all you canadians (looking at you Conspic) BC was voted number 1 dive destination in a number of catagories in a few reader-polls in a few magazines. That is a high honor, up against EVERYWHERE in the entire world. People would rather dive in BC then tropical areas, keep it in mind and GO FIND A DIVE CENTER, you spoiled cunts, haha.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

my dad was a commercial geoduck diver for about 5-6 years or so. Ran his own dive boat. I'm well aware how awesome this place is

 

[KILL TULLY]

I hate you and your biking diving non-french Canada.

 

[lurch70]

dude, i am so doing it this summer ... what do those PADI certifications run?

even met someone last weekend that has like 5 levels of certifications and is as experienced as you ... and is willing to come along with me.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

don't forget the mountain climbing, skiing, and some amazing salt and fresh water fishing. Some of the most world famous hiking trails and provincial parks to boot. Oh, yeah, and canada's highest waterfall is like 30 minutes from home.