HeroAlphaWolf
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Hi all,
I’m looking for perspective/opinions on this.
I just did my first cold water dives yesterday with an instructor. 40ish degree water in a 7mm wetsuit, overalls with jacket. Aluminum 80. I am 5’4” and 140 lbs, very dense, I use 4 lbs in the tropics.
My instructor put 32 pounds of lead on me and insisted I wasn’t overweight, even though I kept crashing to the bottom. He said to use the air in the bcd to stay off the bottom.
This seems wrong to me, but I’m wondering if maybe I’m wrong. I’m also a really experienced diver and he treated me like a brand new student. But I am a brand new cold diver. I just really hate being overweight. I wonder if I can trust someone who intentionally overweighted me? Or maybe I really needed it?
Ok thanks for listening.
I’m looking for perspective/opinions on this.
I just did my first cold water dives yesterday with an instructor. 40ish degree water in a 7mm wetsuit, overalls with jacket. Aluminum 80. I am 5’4” and 140 lbs, very dense, I use 4 lbs in the tropics.
My instructor put 32 pounds of lead on me and insisted I wasn’t overweight, even though I kept crashing to the bottom. He said to use the air in the bcd to stay off the bottom.
This seems wrong to me, but I’m wondering if maybe I’m wrong. I’m also a really experienced diver and he treated me like a brand new student. But I am a brand new cold diver. I just really hate being overweight. I wonder if I can trust someone who intentionally overweighted me? Or maybe I really needed it?
Ok thanks for listening.