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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Joel Markwell wrote: > Are you guys serious about climbing ladders with fins on? Yes. > I can't imagine any situation where it would be preferable to climb a > ladder with fins on. Try diving where the boat is tied to the wreck and there is a current running. > The one time I did do it, it was a pain in the ass and I endangered > myself by doing so. Must have been the wrong type of ladder. > I would CERTAINLY never wear fins in high seas (the highest I've experienced > on a boat is 8 foot swells). If you do fall off, get negative, don your > fins, swim back. If you can't easily doff and don your fins, then you have > some work to do. In the anchored boat and current scenario, you would likely be too far from the boat to swim back by the time you had your fins on. > When I tried to climb a ladder with fins on I was wearing an 80 and was > climbing back on board to check a camera. I'll never do it again and the > notion of doing the same stunt with doubles or any slung gear is ludicrous! It is common, nearly universal practice in New Jersey. -- Art Greenberg artg@ec*.ne* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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