Freediving vs Auto-Asphyxiation

[island_sands]

I went to lunch on Friday with some friends, and met some new people.

I was asked why on earth would I ever want to hold my breath and dive, starve myself of oxygen (words of the speaker, not mine) as opposed to diving comfortably and staying down longer, on scuba tanks?

A chirp from the other side of the table was "probably for the same reason why some people practise "auto-asphyxiation".

rofl rofl

There was a thread about this sometime ago... talking about the "feelings" some people get when they hold their breath..

well i nearly fell of my chair laughing... so what's your reason? (c'mon admit it)

 

[samdive]

oh sara - you do always start the best discussions!

if only Michael Hutchence had discovered freediving in time....................

 

[jome]

Ok, I had to edit that...

Just two words "pearl diving"...

For those who get it... :girlie

Oh man, I really am sick...

 

[island_sands]

Ok, I had to edit that...

Just two words "pearl diving"...

For those who get it... :girlie

Oh man, I really am sick...

or pearl necklace?
rofl

 

[Polorutz]

Come on man you know it... the word even has it implied rather vividly...

FREEdiving as oposed to OMGSLAVETOATANKscuba.

I try to explain some people that when your ability to do breathholds increases recreational dives to shallow depths hardly feel strainous on the body...

 

[island_sands]

Come on man you know it... the word even has it implied rather vividly...

FREEdiving as oposed to OMGSLAVETOATANKscuba.

I try to explain some people that when your ability to do breathholds increases recreational dives to shallow depths hardly feel strainous on the body...

pero vamos tio, esto no la cuestion aqui there is something else implied...

 

[Polorutz]

rofl rofl I know... hehe

Besides... I know im not the only one who feels this but sometimes after a breathhold you feel like you're high... you know dude? rofl :duh

 

[island_sands]

rofl rofl I know... hehe

Besides... I know im not the only one who feels this but sometimes after a breathhold you feel like you're high... you know dude? rofl :duh

that's "dudette" guapo!

oh yes definitely feel high but not as much as the guy over lunch was suggesting rofl rofl

 

[Fondueset]

What about all those 'straps' and 'belts' and 'bouyancy compensators' and 'zippers'. Some people just need more help from technology I guess.

 

[samdive]

come on Sara, no one is going to admit to this unless you do first!

 

[Alison]

I think its more of a soapy neoprene thing Sam Does it for me

 

[Fondueset]

:duh

this is a dangerous place

<fade to 'I need you Tonight' by INXS>

 

[island_sands]

I think its more of a soapy neoprene thing Sam Does it for me

rofl yeah its the way a wetsuit hugs everything and holds it all in
and that final zzzzzzzzzzzzzzip! not to mention the feeling of the crotch strap from my harness rofl rofl

 

[samdive]

ha ha ha.... god I hate the whole soapy thing... certainly not that part that does it for me.. are you nuts????!!!

(fade to suicide blonde..................)

 

[island_sands]

ha ha ha.... god I hate the whole soapy thing... certainly not that part that does it for me.. are you nuts????!!!

(fade to suicide blonde..................)

it depends what you are soaping up

 

[Alison]

ha ha ha.... god I hate the whole soapy thing... certainly not that part that does it for me.. are you nuts????!!!

(fade to suicide blonde..................)

Must be cos I'm a northener Now if the men up here wear socks to bed, what is it the women wear?

(fade to "All night long".... Rainbow)

 

[Ocean Girl]

i think the whole buzz on diving is the "relationship" you can have with someone under water... the "knowing look" through the mask ....

 

[Fondueset]

Generally somewhat smaller socks.

Hey, on another note...Got my 5mm Elios out for the first time since last winter (which is when I got it). Last year I could barely get the thing on. The bottoms were fine - even with no lube - but the top! I'd be standing in a pool of hairconditioner - my shoulders threatening to dislocate as I struggled vainly to get my head in there. This year I inserted a small bucket through the neck hole for a few weeks first and voila! barely needed any lubeage and it's monstrously warm.

First dive in it set a new record for missed photo ops - one of those one-off days, but I certainly was comfortable.

Knowing look; You mean like this?

 

[Alison]

Generally somewhat smaller socks.

Hey, on another note...Got my 5mm Elios out for the first time since last winter (which is when I got it). Last year I could barely get the thing on. The bottoms were fine - even with no lube - but the top! I'd be standing in a pool of hairconditioner - my shoulders threatening to dislocate as I struggled vainly to get my head in there. This year I inserted a small bucket through the neck hole for a few weeks first and voila! barely needed any lubeage and it's monstrously warm.

First dive in it set a new record for missed photo ops - one of those one-off days, but I certainly was comfortable.

Knowing look; You mean like this?

Well a smaller denier anyways

Seriously, you have that much trouble getting into your suit? Is it your hair? I use a swim cap to keep it together.

 

[samdive]

no Sara, not WHAT you are soaping up.. but WHO you are soaping up... : )

and just WHO I (or you for that matter) would like to be soaping should also be kept quiet I feel........................... mmmmmmmmmmmmmm there's a thought........