Water as weight rather than lead?

[do it easy]

I heart Zombie threads!!! It's like Halloween all over again!!

 

[bfw]

I bet someone's bummed it got dredged up...

Doubtful, since it's been sanitized by a dose of PC historical revisionism.

 

[Robert Phillips]

Is this really a thread ?

No, just a really OLD thread.

 

[Coldiver1]

Hi, I haven't read this whole thread so forgive me if this has already been addressed...if the hike to the dive entry was too strenous, I would fill the baggies right at the dive entry with sand or rock.

 

[seaducer]

If I replace my 10 pounds of lead with gold, how much less weight do I have to carry on the weightbelt?

That is easy...0. I'll carry your belt for you instead...

 

[RJP]

I can't tell you how happy I am that this thread was resurrected! If it hadn't been I never would have seen the following, which is possibly the greatest quote ever seen on ScubaBoard...

I'm not great with physics.....but wouldn't water have the same weight as water?

Additionally, we now will never have to see the old "There's no such thing as a dumb question" quote ever again.

 

[aaron9876]

Lead is the densest material there is that's not radioactive, so neither water nor gold nor anything else besides bismuth, polonium, etc... will work as well as lead. (and rock/sand which is mostly silicon will not work nearly as well).

 

[SandCrawler]

Has anyone tried high altitude lake water for buoyancy below sea-level?

 

[OBXDIVEGUY]

Has anyone tried high altitude lake water for buoyancy below sea-level?

Here is a shameless bump to see where this thread takes us this time

 

[dkktsunami]

You people are scaring me.........