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Originally Posted by SEDATE
Hi Ben
i tried a few times to dive -50m but all time as you said i stucked -30 or -32.. meanwhile .. i never remember equilization in water..directly diving into deep.. my ears equalise itself and never wants any help from me..moving my chin very slowly left/right it equlise or sometimes it does itself ...after -30m everythings stop and a word comes from my body says go back...it equalise itself why it stop line -25/30 ? forced one time i dive to -39m /-41m..don't ask me why?
i am sure i felt a very little pain in my ears after -35  , i had turned around like a deaf for 2 days..
why my body never let go deeper..i am getting crayz for that..
sometimes i ask to myself do i dive -100m ? Yes ...i got a rope -100m and look at it from a point to another it appared in my mind like -20m.. this idea makes me believe Yeah! it is so easy to go below -50m..
my plan is to try next time by flusing all my sinus.. this time i will check what my body gonna say?
anyway Ben i hope you would have understood my english and my question...
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deepwater technique(??)
can you open it a little bit more what exercise you suggest for it |
Are you equalising hands free down to 30m? That is impressive. I managed to equalise hands free in a 3m pool once but haven't been able to do it in open water.
Forcing equalisation is bad - I did it in my first competition, I nominated 40m and couldn't equalise past 35m, so I rode the last 5m and it hurt! As a consequence I couldn't hear very well for a couple of days afterwards.
My opinion on sinus flushing is that it could be dangerous if you are jumping from say 40m to 50m or 60m as you will be making big jumps that may lead to a lung squeeze, as you don't have the time to adapt to diving those depths than if you were limiting yourself with the time it takes to learn dry equalising.
I think theoretically everyone should be able to equalise to 50m without flushing the sinuses. I have great trouble equalising to 50m and usually I run out of air between 45-55m, depending on how I feel on the day. However I have done almost double that by having my head upright, so I know that physically it is possible, I just have to work on my equalising technique.
Deepwater technique I am just talking about the sink phase of a dive, learning when to slow the kicking down and when to stop kicking and sink, and when to stop kicking on the ascent.
Cheers,
Ben
