Topic 8 of 20: free diving
Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (22:50) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
I saw something on Primetime Live tonight about freediving. It's diving
underwater without any equipment. Gee, I remember it being a big deal to
dive 10 feet and retreive something when we played 'shark' as a kid in
Chatauqua.
Hold your breath. You're sinking. You almost black out. You're free
diving. You're nearly diving. The pressure is crushing you.
17 responses total.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 1 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (22:57) * 16 lines
Megan Greer is trying to go deeper than any woman ever has. Last summer
she set the record of 155'. She's a part time model, and she looks every
bit of it. Buffed out. And gorgeous.
On her dives she surrounds herself with safety divers. She
hyperventilates before she dives. "Everything you do should be very
relaxed... you sink like a rock..." She squeezes her nose to keep her
earfrums from bursting. She has to turn around and surface before
blacking out.
Reveillo has set the men's record. I'm not sure what it is though.
But fourteen people have died from free diving.
They showed Megan getting a new American record of 165'. She had on huge
fins. She looked very relaxed.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 2 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (10:34) * 1 lines
the death part of the experience makes it sound not so exciting.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 3 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (19:44) * 2 lines
What's the deepest you've ever gone Stacey, just a rough estimate?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 4 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Fri, Sep 26, 1997 (11:16) * 3 lines
just enough to get my hair wet!
Seriously, I dove 20 feet or so to touch the top of an old silo buried in a filled rock quarry during a lifesaving class. Portage Quarry Portage, OH summer
1986.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 5 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Sep 27, 1997 (16:37) * 2 lines
Twenty feet is impressive. Did you ever dive down in the deep part of Barton Springs? The
place with the cave by the diving board.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 6 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (09:50) * 2 lines
nope. never knew it was there.
Have you?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 7 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (12:49) * 2 lines
Yep, but then they cemented up the cave. Are
there good places to swim where you are now?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 8 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (10:10) * 3 lines
Not much of a swimmer unless I'm on the front end of a triathalon.
Water is pretty chilly here and I'm not fond of chlorinated pools.
I do miss the springs!
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 9 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (21:31) * 1 lines
No equivalent of the springs there?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 10 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Wed, Oct 1, 1997 (12:56) * 2 lines
There's the hot springs in Glenwood, about 3 hours away. Not so much for
swimmng as it is for relaxing. They have 2 pools -- one at 97 degrees year round and one at 104 year round (the therapy pool).
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 11 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Oct 3, 1997 (00:12) * 2 lines
Have you been there yet?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 12 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (10:48) * 3 lines
Yes, I went last year around Halloween. A solo, mental health trip. The springs
was a great place to relax and find my center again. Hell, the mountains in general are a great place to do that -- the springs just helped.
Now you can take an Amtrak through the mtns. and spend the weekend, a package deal sort of thing!
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 13 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (15:23) * 3 lines
I ran in to "Mexico Mike" at the Whole Earth Expo who has great guidebook to spas in Mexico, have you ever been to Mexico, stacey.
By the way, are you having trouble getting into any other conferences?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 14 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (18:58) * 5 lines
Mexico...
Been to Cancun and border towns, never a Mexican spa!
Nope no other conference problems.
One question though... how do I get a listing of the subcategories in a
conference?
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 15 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (20:56) * 7 lines
Are you using telnet?
If you are, you just type 'b' at the OK prompt
'b' stands for browse.
Likewise, 'list' will list all the conferences.
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 16 of 17: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (20:57) * 2 lines
Have you found the help files useful? (eg. typing help at OK prompt).
help commands is a good one
Topic 8 of 20 [fitness]: free diving
Response 17 of 17: stacey leigh vura (stacey) * Tue, Oct 7, 1997 (10:17) * 2 lines
yep, still using telnet. I'll let you know how this is working in a sec, after
I try it.
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