After SW and Mexico, we went to the Keys for a week. the dives got canceled each day due to poor weather, so among other things we went to this incredible museum on the history of diving. |
This guy above gave me ideas. This guy below made them reality. |
This man is Richard Ford. He owns a Mark 5 helmet and dry suit and this is him wedging me into it. |
This is old school diving and it is when air gets pumped down from the surface to the diver-before SCUBA (self contained underwater breathing apparatus) |
When I dive scuba i wear like 10 pounds of weight. This outfit weighed more than 150 pounds between the shoes, belt, helmet and collar. |
Here is the cool part. Look at this antique-nothin' cooler! |
Taking a knee and having a moment of silence before... |
I'm trapped with no way out |
And then he screws it down and uses a tool to seal the window. Heading down... |
...and under |
Once I was off the ladder, the weight turned into like 30 pounds verses 150 and I was relieved. |
The loud sound of air getting pumped into my helmet still left me a bit uncomfortable. |
But this experience was way to amazing to waste it being nervous. |
I bounced around like I was on the moon-the weight of my shoes and lift form the air in my helmet made it feel just like that. |
I saw a few fish and some strange jellies. |
Climbing up the ladder was quite the feat. |
My dry suit had filled up completely with air after the pressure of the water was gone. |
Now that it was over I was feeling cocky. |
No comments:
Post a Comment