northernexposure
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My son and I had our first lesson last night. Lessons were purcgased for christmas and we've been waiting to start ever since.
Had an classroom session at the dive shop for about an hour and wrote a short quiz.
We then went down to the Aquatic center a little after 8:00 until about 10:00
Set up the gear, put it in the water and then got in the pool and put it all on.
We stayed in the shallow end learning the basics. I managed to suck a little water in through my nose and had a coughing fit. I could see that the instructor was just waiting for me to panic and surface to breathe. I just kept coughing through the regulator until my throat cleared (seemed like forever). There was no way I was going to give my kid the satisfaction of being able to tease dear old Dad.
After that we swam down into the deep end and swam around for the balance of the time.
After having read a million posts on this board, I thought I had a decent expectation of what it might be like. WRONG!
No wonder you people are such fanatics about the sport!
I was in total amazement at the feeling of weightlessness and breathing underwater. Nothing I had read or heard could have prepared me for that.
My son did really well. No fear, no problem sinking. He just swam down to the bottom and tooled around the bottom of the pool with me and he couldn't stop grinning the whole time.
We live 40 miles from the city, so on the long drive back home we couldn't stop talking about the experience and couldn't get the smiles off our faces. Without a doubt, it was one of our single best experiences. Still couldn't wash the ear to ear grin off the faces the next morning. It's going to be a long week until next Sunday when the next class takes place.
The pool just isn't big enough or deep enough or the time spent under water isn't long enough. Not complaining though, I'll take the pool anytime over work. Can just imagine what it's like in open water. Bet I'll be wrong again and it'll be even better than my expectations.
Had an classroom session at the dive shop for about an hour and wrote a short quiz.
We then went down to the Aquatic center a little after 8:00 until about 10:00
Set up the gear, put it in the water and then got in the pool and put it all on.
We stayed in the shallow end learning the basics. I managed to suck a little water in through my nose and had a coughing fit. I could see that the instructor was just waiting for me to panic and surface to breathe. I just kept coughing through the regulator until my throat cleared (seemed like forever). There was no way I was going to give my kid the satisfaction of being able to tease dear old Dad.
After that we swam down into the deep end and swam around for the balance of the time.
After having read a million posts on this board, I thought I had a decent expectation of what it might be like. WRONG!
No wonder you people are such fanatics about the sport!
I was in total amazement at the feeling of weightlessness and breathing underwater. Nothing I had read or heard could have prepared me for that.
My son did really well. No fear, no problem sinking. He just swam down to the bottom and tooled around the bottom of the pool with me and he couldn't stop grinning the whole time.
We live 40 miles from the city, so on the long drive back home we couldn't stop talking about the experience and couldn't get the smiles off our faces. Without a doubt, it was one of our single best experiences. Still couldn't wash the ear to ear grin off the faces the next morning. It's going to be a long week until next Sunday when the next class takes place.
The pool just isn't big enough or deep enough or the time spent under water isn't long enough. Not complaining though, I'll take the pool anytime over work. Can just imagine what it's like in open water. Bet I'll be wrong again and it'll be even better than my expectations.
