MONOfin

[freedivernd]

Trip back up, who was counting kicks??? I was telling myself to slow down and conserve air. My turn around at the bottom took too much energy...(those 3 seconds down there weren't spent looking around.. it was spent trying to get turned around ) From the graph it looks like I had 7 or 8 kicks to the surface, maybe 9.
I was wearing 4.5 socks and was in the water for maybe 15-20 minutes, mostly waiting at the surface for the s.divers to get into the water. My feet didn't feel too bad, slight cramp in one foot at the end, I guess spending the time in the pool really paid off. I had brought the pure carbons along in the crate but getting the mono off is such a chore I opted to go to shore rather than switch at the surface.
I think the divers were saying water temps in the upper 30's to low 40's... I showed 46-48 at surface. I was never in the water for more than maybe 25 minutes at a time, wore everything from my 5mil w/3mil jacket (too much squeeze), just the 5mil (worked the best, except for the time I wanted to see how far I could breach the surface with the mono, that sent a cold shot of water down my back), and last dive wore just the 3mil (that didn't work too good, but hey, it was easy to get into)
Spearfishing opens here May 1st.. me and JBL are ready!
Fred