[azapa]

Despite all your help and ideas I still did lousy dives at the weekend. I am not doing Freznel properly, as many of you mentioned. The attached, new toy, shows the problem kicking in. It was worse than usual and I had too much pain to go deeper than 13M. You can see the bumps after 12M when I try to level out and clear. On the last leveling at 13M I cleared, but was too tired to go further. I have hit 20M before, on a good day, but will never get further until I sought out this issue.

The guuuuuuuuhhhhhhh noise I think is my epiglottis allowing air back down into my lungs, therefor not sending it to my ears. I have always had "tight" ears, but am not prepared to let the problem defeat me. I have read Eric's document, and Jome's, but: any tips how to make the epiglottis close better?

At my desk now, a mild pressure freznel does not open the epiglotiss (the guuuuuuggghhhhh noise) but pumping the tounge/throat harder does. This is where I go wrong in the water.

Thanks again!