I was out with my father-in-law who was teaching. I ended up helping the students into their gear and clipping them into lines, plus untangeling them once they were in the water. New ice diving students are in such a fog that they didn't even realize that I didn't have a tank on until 20 minutes into their dive- while I was taking pictures fo them on the bottom.
My father-in-law, and the other instructors who I have taught with for years, thought I was nuts a looong time ago.
Some of the other divers just said, "Oh, I see your snorkeling again today.":head I reminded them of that fact after they only lasted 15 minutes while I stayed in all morning.
The one thing people seem most amazed about, besides the normal freediving stuff, is that freediving wetsuits can be so warm. They all wear drysuits because they have no idea how warm a proper wetsuit can really be.
Towards the end of the day someone commented on how they didn't want to make a second dive becasue it was too much hassel to put all of that stuff back on just to go look at the bottom of a lake. That pretty much summed up my whole argument for freediving right there.
At the end of the day I just swung my bag over my shoulder and walked to the beachhouse for lunch, while the rest of them started to load up their tobogans full of crap to make the long haul back to their cars.
by time they made it to the beach house I had already had seconds and was starting on dessert.
Freediving kicks butt!:martial
One last picture of my dive buddy, who should be sending me some photos to post in the next day or two. Ted was supposed to come, but there was a mix up in the time- there really is a difference between departure time and island time. Sorry buddy, next time.
Jon
