Anthony-

The lake I dove in was a green hell. All I could see was green and brown 
slime as I slowly sank into the bottomless ooze. And that was standing on 
the bank. My gear smelled like a sewer for weeks.

No thanks, the Ocean for me.

  Jim

On 2/5/98 6:30 PM Anthony DeBoer wrote:

>Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> writes:
>> ... I have never dove in a quarry, so don't
>> know what it's like. I have been in a lake once, and that was one time too
>> many. ...
>
>Uh, I hate to have to break it to you, Jim, but quarries are a whole lot
>like lakes, at least in terms of water temperature and quality.
>
>The difference is quarries, being manmade, will have a lot more by way
>of steep sides, tunnels and shafts, and leftover equipment from the
>quarrying days (including tracks, locomotives, pumping and mining stuff,
>and the like).  Many a quarry will offer a chance to use one's caving
>skills in a real overhead environment in one of the tunnels, or to get
>technically deep within a short swim from shore.
>
>However, if you hate lakes, odds are you'll hate quarries too.
>
>-- 
>Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*>
>


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