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Hi everyone!

My interest in diving comes from my goal to join the NSW community. (Naval Special Warfare) I'd like to learn about recreational freediving here.

- John M.
 
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Welcome!

There's a great series on BUD/s (Navy Seal training) at discovery.com you should check it out if you haven't seen it already

smellsfishy
 
drownproofing might be a good exercise for you -good for building confidence in water. (not something to try on your own of course)
 
Thanks Alun, I plan to do some. (I will have to be good at it for Navy SEAL training.)
 
Alun said:
drownproofing might be a good exercise for you -good for building confidence in water. (not something to try on your own of course)
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What's that? Is it just jumping into water outdoors with no equipment and getting used to it?

Lucia
 
this photo pretty much sums it up. it's quite an extreme exercise - probably not that helpful to freedivers but it's something our friend John will have to get used to
 

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That looks extreme to me! A few weeks ago someone in a freediving club picked me up and jumped in the deep end of the pool with me as a joke. I wasn't expecting it at all and the first thing I knew was that I suddenly found myself underwater without warning, without a mask or fins. I freaked out and got to the surface as fast as I could. Fortunately I held my breath instantaneously, so it wasn't too bad.

Scary stuff!

Lucia
 
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I would rather not get into situation like that.. fins and suit belong to my diving gear.. no restrictive "equipment"..
 
I know that feeling all to well, its supprising what you can do when there is no choice but having the choice is what makes the difference between fun and fear.
 
Lucia, that's not the first time you tell such tale. Maybe it's about time you'll print "no freediving S&M" on a shrit....
 
DeepThought said:
Maybe it's about time you'll print "no freediving S&M" on a shrit....
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Not a bad idea! It has happened at least four times now, by different people and in different places. If it happens again the joker will be sorry... :rcard :martial

Now I am very careful about other people in the pool, and I try to avoid surfacing near anyone if I don't have a buddy. If the pool is deep and crowded, this sometimes looks like something out of a nature documentary. I look around for a clear patch of surface and then make a dash for it. I'm definitely more scared of people than of most dangerous animals!

Lucia
 
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rofl Add some David Attenborough narration in your mind while on the look for a patch.
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I'm definitely more scared of people than of most dangerous animals!
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That is so familiar... :hmm
 
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Well the drowning thing is not a hard thing to do, I've done some but got bored of it. I tried it when I started scuba diving at the age of 18 in 3,6m /~ 16Ft deep pool.

I've applied to become an officer in the army here, but I'm very happy now that I've been turned down. I don't want to kill get wounded, handycapped, poisoned (DU) or killed boosting the economy of banking industrial complex. I no value life very differently, have come to love myself and every lifeform on earth. Please read Alex Jones' www.prisonplanet.tv carefully and read how politicians and those in power value life, including that of militairy man.
There are so much oppertunities to make yourself usefull in society, go out talk, listen and think for yourself.

I reconise freediving can open the mind and show the many beauties of our body mind and universe. Please do not punish your body with extreme stress, it will create a enemy out of the ocean by negative association of apnea and pain. Just be in the water often, learn it's nature instead of conquering it. It's more like surrendering and going with the flow.

Looking for an important person? look in the mirror. Teachers can only show you the doors. The awsers come from within, just open your sences and listen. Underwater and in nature it's a great theather for listening, because there are few distractions.

Thanks for posting,

Love, peace and water,

Kars.
 
Kars said:
Well the drowning thing is not a hard thing to do, I've done some but got bored of it.
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rofl Doesn't sound good!

Lucia
 
I gave drowning a shot too but in all honesty I still prefer breathing
 
Treading water with a rubber brick is also great practice. (For what I am not sure.)
 
This all reminds me of my first (failed) swimming lessons when I was about 6! One of the methods was to use a sort of fishing rod, with the string tied round the non-swimmer's waist or chest. The teacher used the rod to support the student and walk him/her round the pool like a panicking spider. There were also waterlogged polystyrene or foam boards, which were meant to be used as floats. I couldn't manage to float in a satisfactory position, i.e. with my face out of the water, even with more than one of them.

Frustrated by all this, I decided that it can't be that difficult, and threw myself in the pool. I hadn't considered the fact that my face might go in the water, and when this happened I didn't think that it might be a good idea to hold my breath. I got a nice lungful of water and the teacher picked me up. A few minutes later, undeterred, I decided to give it a second try. The teacher didn't let me.

Several years later, when I was 12, I did learn to swim, this time without the fishing rod, polystyrene chunks etc.

All this still hasn't put me off!

Lucia
 
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