free diving — Fitness

~terry Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (22:50) seed

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.

~terry Wed, Sep 24, 1997 (22:57) #1

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.

~stacey Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (10:34) #2

the death part of the experience makes it sound not so exciting.

~terry Thu, Sep 25, 1997 (19:44) #3

What's the deepest you've ever gone Stacey, just a rough estimate?

~stacey Fri, Sep 26, 1997 (11:16) #4

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.

~terry Sat, Sep 27, 1997 (16:37) #5

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.

~stacey Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (09:50) #6

nope. never knew it was there. Have you?

~terry Mon, Sep 29, 1997 (12:49) #7

Yep, but then they cemented up the cave. Are there good places to swim where you are now?

~stacey Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (10:10) #8

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!

~terry Tue, Sep 30, 1997 (21:31) #9

No equivalent of the springs there?

~stacey Wed, Oct 1, 1997 (12:56) #10

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).

~terry Fri, Oct 3, 1997 (00:12) #11

Have you been there yet?

~stacey Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (10:48) #12

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!

~terry Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (15:23) #13

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?

~stacey Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (18:58) #14

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?

~terry Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (20:56) #15

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.

~terry Mon, Oct 6, 1997 (20:57) #16

Have you found the help files useful? (eg. typing help at OK prompt). help commands is a good one

~stacey Tue, Oct 7, 1997 (10:17) #17

yep, still using telnet. I'll let you know how this is working in a sec, after I try it.