[monkeyhatfork]

you'd be surprised how much gear gets lost, the other day I was diving in the american river (northern california) and found three different mask/snorkel sets, last month found one and goggles diving at lake tahoe, so apparently lots of people loose thier sh*t. I had a similar story I think I posted somewhere else maybe, anyway I was out one day and the vis was especially bad like three feet, so I quit early, put my mono on the kayak, got on the kayak, as I was about to leave, I turned around and my mono was gone, I was so freaked out and my heart was racing so fast there was no chance of attempting a no-fins in after it. Came back the next day with a pair a bodyboard fins and after about an hour of dives somehow found my mono, it was one of my happiest dives ever