On my thread about my mask woes of the other day, Mike Ferrara did as he so often does -- put his finger right on the main issue. Being without a visual reference rattles me. It always has, right from the beginning of my diving. Every really unpleasant experience I've had underwater has had to do with this. When I had the mask clearing problem the other day, I didn't manage it as smoothly as I ought to have because I was rattled and not thinking well.
So my new determination (now that I've passed Fundies) is to lose the rattle. Whatever it takes -- mask off swimming, blacked-out mask work, midwater exercises -- I am going to exorcise this demon.
Do you have a rattle? Are you doing anything about it, and if so, what?
So my new determination (now that I've passed Fundies) is to lose the rattle. Whatever it takes -- mask off swimming, blacked-out mask work, midwater exercises -- I am going to exorcise this demon.
Do you have a rattle? Are you doing anything about it, and if so, what?