Something to ponder for the newly qualified ...

[cooperscuba]

Thank you.

 

[iamrushman]

great story...thanks for sharing.

 

[claymore]

Who are the "hardy souls" in the picture?
I have never been ice diving or diving when there was snow on the ground but have been when the air temps were in the mid to upper 30's and the bottom temps were in the upper 30's. And now that you mention it I kind of look like a Borg.

 

[T.C.]

Very good write-up ... and written with a humor that we need more of in here. It does point out that the environment you train in definitely matters to how well prepared you are to dive somewhere else. There are some things that you just won't understand without some local help and a bit of practical experience ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

This is how you define hardcore.

That sure is a lot of sand in that photo there... How did it get all over everything?

That was awesome. Thanks for the laugh, reminds me of a great Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

All glory and honor (and credit) to the greatest cartoonist ever; Bill Watterson!!!

 

[Imla]

This is how you define hardcore.

Actually....
This is how you define hard core.... Taken at an Open Water course I DMed a couple of years ago


And... Yes... That is slush shes in...

 

[fdennis]

Actually....
This is how you define hard core.... Taken at an Open Water course I DMed a couple of years ago
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And... Yes... That is slush shes in...

If I said I was in love, my old lady would deck me.

So I won't.

Say it out loud, that is.



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[cooperscuba]

Actually....
This is how you define hard core.... Taken at an Open Water course I DMed a couple of years ago
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And... Yes... That is slush shes in...

Kudos.

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'Calvin & Hobbes'; my day is complete

Crap! That'd be on the wrong post like :/

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

This is how you define hardcore.

... no more so than going skiing or snowmobiling. You dress for it. Besides, around here the best visibility occurs in winter, when there's very little plankton in the water.

FWIW - Cheng would laugh at the notion of being "hard-core". She's a self-described scuba tourist. On the other hand, she recently spent two years living in a mud hut in sub-Saharan Africa with no electricity or running water. To my concern, THAT'S hard-core ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[nimoh]

... no more so than going skiing or snowmobiling. You dress for it. Besides, around here the best visibility occurs in winter, when there's very little plankton in the water.

FWIW - Cheng would laugh at the notion of being "hard-core". She's a self-described scuba tourist. On the other hand, she recently spent two years living in a mud hut in sub-Saharan Africa with no electricity or running water. To my concern, THAT'S hard-core ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

I agree. Ice diving and even cold water diving only looks hardcore to those that have never done it. Cheng's African experience in my opinion is hardcore...but then I have never done it so I lack perspective

 

[btw2459]

Great story. Reminded me a little of my first dives in the Fifth of Forth using a dry suit. Especially as the week before I was diving in my local waters of North Florida in 85F water.