[azapa]

thanks for the input guys. I *think* my freznel is OK because of the classic tests mentioned on DB: no chest or stomach movement, Addams apple bobs up and down, and I can generate a lot of pressure. Now, maybe when I get in the water I am subconsciously reverting to Vasala? To be honest, before I attempted Freznel, con Vasala, I could hardly get past 12M or so without pain. Now at least, inverting, I am hitting 20 to 25M, it's just too tiring.

I should add I have never tried a line, so my descents are probably too quick. I do equalize before I have pain though. One other bad (?) thing I have noticed myself doing is to descend constantly holding my nose. Maybe I am too self conscious about the whole thing. When I'm spearing, in 10M for example, I only equalize three times to get there: about 3M, 6, and on the bottom (flat at that point, so is easy). I have no pain at all like this, and suspect that in between I am equalizing a little without pinching.

Two dumb questions:
1. I find I have to keep my snorkel in my mouth on the way down in order to equalize. If it take it out on the surface, on trying to equalize on the way down I can't keep my lips tightly closed enough without having the snorkel mouth piece to bare down on. That is, on equalizing air comes though my clenched lips... When do you remove snorkel before going down, or on the way up as I do?
2. On equalizing, I often have a "guuuuuuuhhhhhhhh" sound that I seem to produce in the back of my throat, it is quite loud. Does this happen to you?

Thanks for the help! Ocean permitting, this weekend I will be "testing"