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Amen to that..After 25 years of Great Lakes diving, I see more dry suits
each year...My advice to newer divers as to the wet/dry question is to
remember the possibly long, cold boat ride after the dive. This is where
being dry and warm really becomes a plus side for dry. In a small open boat
it can be nearly impossible to change into dry warm clothes. I have seen
people get a start on hypothermia by only worrying about water temp, instead
of considering the entire trip.


Tom R.
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael A. Graham <magraham@ne*.co*>
To: Bob Sherwood <sherwood@st*.rr*.co*>; terry michael <OEA51@go*.co*>;
Bob
Hines <bhines.vwmc@us*.ne*>
Cc: <techdiver@aquanaut.com>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [Re: Re: [Dumb vs. Smart Re: Wet vs Dry in SoCal]]


> Bob Hines' observation that "...Very few people in the Great Lakes area
wear
> Drysuits, unless they are doing Ice diving or extended deeper diving in
the
> cold..." would suggest to me that Bob does very little diving in the Great
> Lakes.  I've been actively diving the Great Lakes for 12 years and it
seems
> to me, from what I've observed, the majority of divers are diving dry,
> "technical" and "sport" divers alike.  It seems to me that being cold has
> nothing to do with being a wimp...but being "macho" about diving wet in
cold
> water is stupidity.
>
> Bob, provide a sound argument for diving a wetsuit in the cold waters of
the
> Great Lakes beyond "You get used to the cold after about 20 years of it.".
>
> MAG
>
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