АлександрД
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I have two friends, who blind and they are divers
Photos and story of one of them (under spoiler)
My instructor-friend with him:
(next is autotranslation from "Equipment for blind divers" )
came the idea to make a depth gauge from a conventional syringe.
Photos and story of one of them (under spoiler)
Visiting the sea king
He slid over a light sandy bottom, like a ghost or an angel - too material for a ghost and too sinful for an angel to admit, but the flight-slip in clear water and really was ghostly noiseless. (c) Alexander Bushkov. "Piranha: The First Throw".
Not piranha, of course. Before a small toothy predator me oh how far. Let's start with what I do not strip by nature, again with vision is not as good as I would like, and my temper is moderate. In general, do not piranha. And the march warrant was not there, there were no completely secret fighters gliding behind me in the transparent twilight, there was no alarming rattle, there was not a deadly roundabout in the bay of El-Bakhlaka ... but on November 29, 2009, I will remember for the rest of my life.
Now it is absolutely necessary to name the immediate perpetrators of what happened to me. First of all, special thanks to Pavel Obiukh and the organization "Perspective". And also to their partners - the non-profit organization "Cellar". Many thanks to all those who were with me in the same group and a low bow to our instructors and assistants: Daria Portnova, Alexandra Zheglov, Kiril Yuvchenko, Igor, Elena Bezina, Mehdi and the guys who made it inaccessible to those who are on the wheelchair - affordable.
So, thanks to the invaluable efforts of many people, I, your humble servant, was on the edge of the Trud swimming pool, in order to undergo a trial, introductory immersion. It is difficult to describe what was done to me all the previous week before November 29. I do not know any kind of divers and there was nobody to ask. Therefore, some very simple and unpretentious memories and ideas based on once seen films, either about Cousteau, or someone else who dabbled with two cans behind his back, popped up and nested in his mind, died at eruption of an underwater volcano, fought with a shark, etc. Also, of course, there was a rush of something in the head from underwater pictures of KS. Mazur and the pen transferred to us. Bushkova ... All these corals, closed-type aqualungs, which do not give bubbles, moray eels, flocks of silver fish, the greedyly opened mouth of bathyal, which so loves to absorb the bodies of unsuccessful combat swimmers. I understood perfectly that all this is finite, it does not concern me and is unlikely to ever touch, but I literally took the time to wait. Literally tortured all friends and relatives, as well as the world network in search of information about diving. I slept and saw how I with the balloons, and in the mask ... To tell the truth, the equipment surprised me. Surprise was: the size and weight of the balloon, the type of waistcoat-compensator, the presence of rubber boots and especially a wet suit. A big and special thanks to the helper of our instructor Elena, who selflessly explained all the wisdom of equipment to blind children, i.e. me and Pavel Obiuh. Here I will note that it is really important for the blind to learn everything in more detail, you can tell to the intricacies: how, where, what is fastened to, how, what is attached, how much the ball weighs, how easy it is to lift, how it clings to the waistcoat: what belt , how strong a belt, how it lies, etc., what material the waistcoat has, what the rings are made of, what the inflator consists of, what is the weight and material of the lung apparatus, even how does the manometer look (where are the arrows, why is this hose in which port this hose is attached to). All this must be investigated and understood. In this sense, it should be noted that the blind person will not tell you about the color of the compensator, he will not be able to assess the transparency of the lens of the mask, but after a normal systematic investigation, he can memorize and accurately describe all the non-visual parameters of a particular equipment model (size, weight, distance from the fastening belt to the cylinder valve, where the corrugated hose, where not, how the ports are located on a certain regulator model and which one is high, and what is low pressure, where and which Velcro, where the rings on the waistcoat, etc.). Yes, of course, every other model will need to be studied again, but all its parameters and characteristics will be captured for long and long times. I once again emphasize my special thanks to Elena, who managed to make all the explanations for the equipment simply ideal, that is, that I personally received, perhaps, the most complete idea of what the rest of the group saw with their eyes.
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He slid over a light sandy bottom, like a ghost or an angel - too material for a ghost and too sinful for an angel to admit, but the flight-slip in clear water and really was ghostly noiseless. (c) Alexander Bushkov. "Piranha: The First Throw".
Not piranha, of course. Before a small toothy predator me oh how far. Let's start with what I do not strip by nature, again with vision is not as good as I would like, and my temper is moderate. In general, do not piranha. And the march warrant was not there, there were no completely secret fighters gliding behind me in the transparent twilight, there was no alarming rattle, there was not a deadly roundabout in the bay of El-Bakhlaka ... but on November 29, 2009, I will remember for the rest of my life.
Now it is absolutely necessary to name the immediate perpetrators of what happened to me. First of all, special thanks to Pavel Obiukh and the organization "Perspective". And also to their partners - the non-profit organization "Cellar". Many thanks to all those who were with me in the same group and a low bow to our instructors and assistants: Daria Portnova, Alexandra Zheglov, Kiril Yuvchenko, Igor, Elena Bezina, Mehdi and the guys who made it inaccessible to those who are on the wheelchair - affordable.
So, thanks to the invaluable efforts of many people, I, your humble servant, was on the edge of the Trud swimming pool, in order to undergo a trial, introductory immersion. It is difficult to describe what was done to me all the previous week before November 29. I do not know any kind of divers and there was nobody to ask. Therefore, some very simple and unpretentious memories and ideas based on once seen films, either about Cousteau, or someone else who dabbled with two cans behind his back, popped up and nested in his mind, died at eruption of an underwater volcano, fought with a shark, etc. Also, of course, there was a rush of something in the head from underwater pictures of KS. Mazur and the pen transferred to us. Bushkova ... All these corals, closed-type aqualungs, which do not give bubbles, moray eels, flocks of silver fish, the greedyly opened mouth of bathyal, which so loves to absorb the bodies of unsuccessful combat swimmers. I understood perfectly that all this is finite, it does not concern me and is unlikely to ever touch, but I literally took the time to wait. Literally tortured all friends and relatives, as well as the world network in search of information about diving. I slept and saw how I with the balloons, and in the mask ... To tell the truth, the equipment surprised me. Surprise was: the size and weight of the balloon, the type of waistcoat-compensator, the presence of rubber boots and especially a wet suit. A big and special thanks to the helper of our instructor Elena, who selflessly explained all the wisdom of equipment to blind children, i.e. me and Pavel Obiuh. Here I will note that it is really important for the blind to learn everything in more detail, you can tell to the intricacies: how, where, what is fastened to, how, what is attached, how much the ball weighs, how easy it is to lift, how it clings to the waistcoat: what belt , how strong a belt, how it lies, etc., what material the waistcoat has, what the rings are made of, what the inflator consists of, what is the weight and material of the lung apparatus, even how does the manometer look (where are the arrows, why is this hose in which port this hose is attached to). All this must be investigated and understood. In this sense, it should be noted that the blind person will not tell you about the color of the compensator, he will not be able to assess the transparency of the lens of the mask, but after a normal systematic investigation, he can memorize and accurately describe all the non-visual parameters of a particular equipment model (size, weight, distance from the fastening belt to the cylinder valve, where the corrugated hose, where not, how the ports are located on a certain regulator model and which one is high, and what is low pressure, where and which Velcro, where the rings on the waistcoat, etc.). Yes, of course, every other model will need to be studied again, but all its parameters and characteristics will be captured for long and long times. I once again emphasize my special thanks to Elena, who managed to make all the explanations for the equipment simply ideal, that is, that I personally received, perhaps, the most complete idea of what the rest of the group saw with their eyes.
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My instructor-friend with him:
(next is autotranslation from "Equipment for blind divers" )
came the idea to make a depth gauge from a conventional syringe.
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