Training to 100m with the IAFD
Posted By Steve Trulgia on 12 June 2002
DAY 4: Yesterday, June 11th, the weather was terrible and we could not take the boat out.
The weather report for today was only good for the morning so we set out at 07.00 with the boat. Mark could not be with us today because of work commitments. Jalal came out but did not feel well enough to dive, due partly to some lovely French girls he met last night!!! I was a good boy and had an early night.
We set the weights to 61 meters and I did a tandem dive with Pipin. Spending time to practice the new respiration techniques and procedure. Diving without a mask is a very different sensation for me, but the water is really very warm. Starting to relax more with the new set up.
Next was another opportunity for me to go solo on the sled. We set the weights to 75 meters and I familiarized myself with the operation of the sled, again, very different to my own. I did one dive to 75 using all the new techniques and was delighted since it's much deeper than I've been before without packing. Pipin has taught us how to take a really full breath in one go and it seems to be working. The sled is very fast, round trip was 1 min 30 secs.
We then watched Pipin as he grabbed his speargun to catch our lunch. After a short time in the water he emerged with two huge fish which are being put on the barbeque as I write this update....It's such a tough life sometimes!!
Day 5: The weather was bad again today so we could not go out in the sea. It seems that a big low pressure weather system is moving towards us from Cuba over the next few days and this evening the decision was made to postpone our record attempts.
The plan is to return in July to attempt our respective National 100 meter + records. We have all learnt a huge amount in this time and would like to publicly thank the IAFD, Pipin, Audrey, Carlos, Wicky, Manolo and all the safety dive team, and Carolina and Barbera from the Head Office. The hospitality and generosity which we have received has been quite exceptional...thank you.
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