Thanks gentlemen. Tom, Kirk, Martin and I went to Ansell again today. Kirk has been in warmer climes for the last month or so, and I was thinking that it was strange to see someone with such a good tan standing in the snow in a Picasso suit.
Today I wore the 5mm, plus a 3mm Henderson vest and a drysuit hood over top, with a 10lb belt. I did one inhale static on shore to 20 contractions, one 10 metre negative dive, then watched Tom and Kirk do their warm up dives while I breathed up. I banged off to dives to 35 metres, each around 1 metre per seconds, which is what I want, and then did some shallower dives to practice descents with the monofin.
I swam in, and did some dives on the amazing wall at this site...a small shelf down to about 8 metres, where it drops to 50 metres right away. Very nice, lots to see, the usual miriad of colours and fish on the west coast.
So I will post 35 metres for the competition, because I know I can do it in these conditions, and as Peter says, I will enjoy it.
Tonight and tomorrow will just be static practice on the couch; no diving...I want to warm up!
Cheers,
Erik Y.
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