It was great to see Josh/Orlowskij again. Cameron/RossTTU...nice meeting you. And rakpix....nice to meet you and your Mom.
Mark...missed seeing you!
I had an eventful first dive, ended up calling it on the west side of the lake. In my rush to change something on my harness I forgot to thread the waist strap through the new weight pockets so at depth every time I turned the least bit off center the pockets flopped. I also had a new hooded vest on...I hate hoods! haha But it sure made a difference in that cold water. Mask was flooding really bad, etc...I was just having all kinds of issues so I called the dive and we surface swam back to the dock. Which really worked out alright...got some good leg exercise in!
The second dive was much better. Fixed the weight pocket issue and left the hooded vest off. I did get a bit cold on that dive with only a 3mil shorty but I was back to normal in the water. Well, not exactly. After all the weight I've lost my trim is totally off! I've discovered I no longer float, in fact my legs now sink. For years I've worn heavy fins and ankle weights to counter balance that buoyancy so I may be looking at new floaty fins!
I had planned to get the new camera housing wet to test it but it never made it out of the bag!
Anyway....the whole day was very productive gear-wise. It was great to see and meet some local Swampers. I hope we can make a regular thing of it.
Mark...missed seeing you!
I had an eventful first dive, ended up calling it on the west side of the lake. In my rush to change something on my harness I forgot to thread the waist strap through the new weight pockets so at depth every time I turned the least bit off center the pockets flopped. I also had a new hooded vest on...I hate hoods! haha But it sure made a difference in that cold water. Mask was flooding really bad, etc...I was just having all kinds of issues so I called the dive and we surface swam back to the dock. Which really worked out alright...got some good leg exercise in!
The second dive was much better. Fixed the weight pocket issue and left the hooded vest off. I did get a bit cold on that dive with only a 3mil shorty but I was back to normal in the water. Well, not exactly. After all the weight I've lost my trim is totally off! I've discovered I no longer float, in fact my legs now sink. For years I've worn heavy fins and ankle weights to counter balance that buoyancy so I may be looking at new floaty fins!
I had planned to get the new camera housing wet to test it but it never made it out of the bag!
Anyway....the whole day was very productive gear-wise. It was great to see and meet some local Swampers. I hope we can make a regular thing of it.
Look forward to seeing you again.
