SugarInWater
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I don't remember much, if any, discussion during either my OW or AOW training about the importance of proper hydration and SCUBA diving.
I'm fascinated by stories of divers getting bent while seemingly having safe, uneventful dives. I read these and try to learn from them so I, or my buddy, don't make the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences. It seems that a fairly common theme comes back to lack of proper hydration and it scares the crap out of me that I or my buddy could do nothing wrong and still wind up with the bends.
In the 70- odd boat dives I've done I can only think of one instance where the DM was adamant about the group drinking water while going out to the dive site. "Everybody owes me one bottle of water or they don't get wet".
It's sometimes a struggle to get my kid to hydrate and I know he tires of me constantly badgering him to drink up the before we go out. Some days we both get to the point where we hate the taste of water and compensate by mixing in gatorade or flavored water.
Bottoms up!
I'm fascinated by stories of divers getting bent while seemingly having safe, uneventful dives. I read these and try to learn from them so I, or my buddy, don't make the same mistakes and suffer the same consequences. It seems that a fairly common theme comes back to lack of proper hydration and it scares the crap out of me that I or my buddy could do nothing wrong and still wind up with the bends.
In the 70- odd boat dives I've done I can only think of one instance where the DM was adamant about the group drinking water while going out to the dive site. "Everybody owes me one bottle of water or they don't get wet".
It's sometimes a struggle to get my kid to hydrate and I know he tires of me constantly badgering him to drink up the before we go out. Some days we both get to the point where we hate the taste of water and compensate by mixing in gatorade or flavored water.
Bottoms up!