The Problem with Younger Divers--blog by John Bantin.
It's a blog, so a lot of it is overstated (as should be the case with blogs), but from the perspective of a 50+ "old burp" (I'm making up a feminine form of "old fart" for us gals), I can relate to most of it, except....
...I'm one of those divers who has trouble getting into an inflatable after a dive and is
How about you other "old farts" and "old burps" out there? How do you relate to this blog?
It's a blog, so a lot of it is overstated (as should be the case with blogs), but from the perspective of a 50+ "old burp" (I'm making up a feminine form of "old fart" for us gals), I can relate to most of it, except....
...I'm one of those divers who has trouble getting into an inflatable after a dive and is
I'm sure this is at least partly age-related and due to my bad rotator cuffs, and also to the fact that as a woman, my thickest parts are in the bottom half while my upper body strength is nowhere near that of a man of roughly the same fitness level. It's d***ed hard to lift all those "thick parts" out of the water and into the RIB with my wonky shoulders and girly arms.reduced to an undignified mass that must be rolled unceremoniously into the boat
How about you other "old farts" and "old burps" out there? How do you relate to this blog?