Vintage Diver Picture

[AfterDark]

I’ve had the unhappy task of clearing my parents’ house out for rental. Mom is in assisted living and has no room for most of the stuff they’ve collected during 57 years of marriage. So we’ve been sorting and clearing. Anyway I’ve been going thru pictures and found one of me “diving” on the floor of the living room. Thought I’d share. Diving wasn’t something I just thought I’d start doing I was born to do it, here’s proof.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

Awe, so cute!

You're a Sea Hunt era baby.

 

[DaleC]

Nice avatar pic! Hope you have those D rings threaded for quick release though...

 

[Akimbo]

Nice avatar pic! Hope you have those D rings threaded for quick release though...

Now there is a soon-to-be lost art. I wonder how many people even know what you are talking about.

 

[simonbeans]

Just in case anybody cares:

 

[AfterDark]

I found 2 more old pics, these are real. Either Lake George NY or Lake Winnipesaukee NH. I have my 1st SPG in this one that orange circle under my left arm. I'm also wearing my UDT vest w/ single CO2 inflator. Why the snorkel? Just didn't take it off. The ice was almost 3 feet thick! The UNI-suit was new and new to me, what a great why to control bouyancy I found! I tried to use it year round but it was just too warm in the summer. AHHH the old days.

 

[DaleC]

Hey, I'm still using those gloves!

 

[AfterDark]

Those are nice gloves,very warm. Do they make them these days with the new materials? I use 5 finger gloves now, Henderson hyper-strech. I found out long ago with the dry suit I really didn't need the 3 finger mitts. That may have been the 2nd or 3th time I used that suit. I was still shaking things out.

 

[DaleC]

These are nylon lined but not new - my friend gave them to me and I was going to buy some five fingers for my WS but they work so well I never got around to it. For my DS I have dry gloves. My hands are toasty down to 39F.
I think they still sell those unisuits.

 

[John C. Ratliff]

AfterDark,

First, let me say that I'm sorry to hear about your Mom in assisted living. That's tough, and my thoughts are with you on this aspect.

But going through and finding those photos is pretty nice too. I liked the photo of you on the carpet with the "speargun." My parents went through that with me, but I was in the front yard with a yellow 38 cubic foot tank and my Healthways Scuba regulator, just breathing out of it (that was amazing to me as a kid).

I also used the 3-finger mitts, but some of those we made ourselves out of 1/8 inch neoprene. We simple outlined our hand, gave about 1/2 inch to enclose the finger and thumb, and cut it out. Then we did a second one, flipped over, and glued them together. That was an easy way to make the 3-finger mitts.

SeaRat