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List This is the most stupid I have seen in long time. -You get used to cold.... What is this shit....? Thats like the same mentality I met back in the service when they used to teach people how to freeze and consequentely under-perform. Until we turned it around. -How do you keep a sniper hands steady ? -keep him warm! -How do you keep a platoon leader's mind tuned in ? keep as warm and dry as possible! The body and mind is one. -How do you keep a student fresh and attentive ? Keep them bloody comfortable. This reasoning I see below here is both irresponsible and arrogant towards the students safety. If you dive in cold waters and cant afford to get a dry suit - dont dive. My two ores... /esse > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Bob Hines"<bhines.vwmc@us*.ne*> > > To: "terry michael"<OEA51@go*.co*> > > Date: Wed Jun 13 05:39:08 PDT 2001 > > Subject: Re: [Re: Re: [Dumb vs. Smart Re: Wet vs Dry in SoCal]] > > > > >HI Terry: > > > > > >Thanks for the come back. Very few people in the Great Lakes area wear > Dry > > >suits, unless they are doing Ice diving or extended deeper diving in the > cold > > >water. You get used to the cold after about 20 years of it. > > > > > >ALTHOUGH I DID SEE ONE INSTRUCTOR AT A QUARRY LAST WEEKEND WEARING A DRY > SUIT, > > >DOUBLE 100 NITROX TANKS, 300 FT. REEL AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS HIS CREDIT > CARD > > >COULD AFFORD. HE AND HIS ASSISTANT (DRESSED THE SAME WAY) WERE DOING AN > OPEN > > >WATER CLASS. I wander what his students thought. > > >I wear what the students are wearing. That way I feel what they feel. I > don't > > >understand the mentality of going dry, so that you are comfortable, while > your > > >students might be freezing their asses off. Do you teach or just dive in > a > > >dry suit? You didn't answer my question. What is the water temp. there. > We > > >only dropped to 44 ft. to see what the temp. was. Didn't stay there long > > >obviously. The temp was 64 deg. at 20 ft. for the Open Water students > > >skills. > > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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