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Jim Cobb <cobber@ci*.co*> writes: > I hear ya, Anthony. > > And I agree it takes a certain kind of Man to put up with the pitching > boat, undrinkable water, creatures higher on the food chain. Yes, it > takes a certain rugged spirit, an indomitable will to handle the tough > conditions, backed up plumbing and lousy food associated with diving the > Big Blue. > > Yes, it takes purpose and drive to keep your equipment top notch and a > cast iron stomach to do the dives we Ocean divers do. It takes courage, > balls and fortitude with a good serving of Manly sprit. Yes, Anthony it's > easier to do fresh water dives, but it's *exactly that* which turns Men > like us away. Away from the little sissy fish, the complete lack of > poisonous creatures and boring flat water. We are the kind of Men who > relish a challenge and yawn at status quo. > > We are Ocean Divers! > > Jim Jim, I'm a Canadian diver, and that means I walk on water because I can. In fact, I even sat on a lawnchair on the water and soaked up some rays between dives today, high and dry with nothing but H2O beneath my feet. Oh, and when I swam inside the wreck on the bottom there, it did not become an overhead environment dive at that point, for the excellent reason that it was an overhead environment dive already from the moment we ducked under the ice at the start of the dive. And it doesn't take "a certain kind of Man" to do this sort of thing; one of the divers on today's trip goes by the name of Jennifer. It may be too cold and salt-free for you to even think about entering the water without cringing, but she was enjoying herself. As for ocean diving, Been There Done That, and I enjoy it immensely once I'm off the boat and into the water. Probably the old stomach would get used to it if I did more of it, but I live too far from salt to have many opportunities. Like most divers, I specialize in the kind of diving I find near home, but I've visited a number of distant diving locales too. Maybe we should declare a truce and dive the Arctic Ocean together oneday? -- Anthony DeBoer <adb@on*.ca*> -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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