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November 10, 2006 / Friday
Underwater Sans SCUBA
I forgot to write about this yesterday, but I remembered it just now when I was thinking about breathing maskless underwater.
At the end of my swimming lesson yesterday, just for fun, I took a few deep breaths, exhaled completely, sank, and sat at the bottom of the pool for a while, looking around. I had goggles on, but my nose was exposed, and I had no air in my lungs to blow bubbles even if I wanted to. It was totally chill, and I actually kind of enjoyed sitting there.
So what made being maskless underwater with an air source so difficult? I think it has a lot to do with having my eyes closed. That was one of my big problems with swimming, and goggles helped a lot. I hate not being able to see.
I guess the pressure's also higher at 10 feet than at 4. Plus, I think breathing actually works against me. I forget to completely seal off my nose, and while that's okay on the exhale, it does me in on the inhale.
Gotta strenghten those seal off the nose muscles, I guess.
November 10, 2006 12:18 AM | Water
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Don't feel bad vivo. I've been swimming my entire life, yet when we did the underwater mask remove/replace/clear at 40 feet I had 'troubles'. For me it seemed it wasn't so much the pressure, but the fact that the regulator (and bubbles---my bubbles) kept kicking water into my nose. With your mouth open and sucking on the reg, it's hard to blow bubbles out one's nose...and we all know that water in one's nose is "tremendously uncomfortable".
That said...one of the coolest things I've ever done is hang out at the bottom of a friends pool with a tank and goggles and blow ring bubbles for like a 1/2 hour. =)
Posted by: red at November 10, 2006 09:02 AM
Ooh, ring bubbles, like smoke rings? Coooool.
I did wonder whether regulator bubbles were affecting me, but I have no idea! Too many other things bothering me. ;)
Posted by: Viv at November 10, 2006 09:58 AM