Oh, Mexico: Part II
Posted By Duncan Chappell on 2 May 2004
Thursday
A monofin training day ! After my last performance I was not overly optimistic, but I was there to learn and was keen to get it right. It was overcast most of the day, which was actually quite a relief from the heat of the sun.
To do line work from the boat, it's just a short distance straight out from the camp. For some reason I felt a lot more comfortable with the monofin on today and the technique seemed to come a bit easier. Aharon and MT seemed happy enough to let me carry on with it. I took that as a good sign.
After doing a few constant weight dives I felt happy enough to have a go at some variable weight dives, and so we moved out over deeper water.
As this was the first time I'd done any proper variable weight dives to any kind of depth I was quite excited, which did not really help me concentrate on what I was doing. I didn't let it stop me from having the best fun I've had diving for a long time. I was smiling all of the way down and almost laughing on the way back up, flooding my mask and getting water up my nose. I broke the surface in a splutter of laughing and trying to catch my breath!
Variable weight is such an enjoyable way to dive. I enjoy doing constant ballast but the acceleration you get attached to a weight is a fantastic feeling. Just zooming down into the blue with a hiss in your ears. I particularly enjoyed watching the horizon appear out of the gloom upside down as you approached the bottom. All very new experiences but fantastic fun.
Aharon did not quite seem to share my enthusiasm for doing variable weight dives. The deeper I went the more line he had to haul back up into the boat!
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