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QuasiMojo · 02-15-2004, 07:40 PM

B.another dispatch

The diving was fffffffffffffffffreakin' awesome. Unfortunately my stupid underwater cameras just didn't quite capture the majesty that IS the underwater world. and my digital camera went kind of haywire on the last day of my trip but I still have plenty of pics from the Mayan ruins. The whole country is in a state of burgeoning development and there are ruins that are literally undug and waiting to be discovered when the funds become available. can't wait to tell you about it all.

did I tell you I dove the Blue Hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the second day of dives and there I was.....130 feet straight down into a collassal sink hole that goes 480 feet. (I didn't even bother with my camera this dive)

otherworldly, man....ooootherworldly.

I actually had to quit thinking about what I was doing for fear of freaking out and just had to concentrate on anything else.(other divers...that BIG fish that just swam by...) I don't know, but I think I may have gotten a bit narc-ed, meaning the nitrogen began having a decidedly intoxicating effect on me. this is not an unnatural occurance when diving depths approaching 100 feet but it is something a diver needs to be fully aware of. The divemasters this day informed the less experienced of us about this possibility and said simply that if it happened,
"stay focused and enjoy the high. It's legal and there's no hangover."
So there I was...floating, going down...down... glancing left and right, up and down catching glimpses of my floating cadre, my submerged brotheren the only thing giving me comfort at times during this watery jaunt. I don't know if i was experiencing nitrogen narcosis during this time or i was just entering that survival zone where sheer adrenaline takes over, all I know is that felt a blissful feeling that is very, very hard to replicate above the surface.
And just when I felt like i could have stayed down there forever, It was time to ascend and chill out for our safety stop. By then I had to constantly secure my reg because of the shitty grin that was erupting from my joyous face.
and as I broke the surface I thought,
I did it. I dove the Blue Hole. It was only the third dive outside the chilly quarry dives in Pennsylvania and I dove the freakin' Blue Hole.
This dive wasn't the most beautiful of my reef dives in Belize, But...WOW. It WAS one of those occasions that when I look back upon it in years to come I will count it right up there as one of those ....Life Moments. (If you know what I mean)

tfp
I do believe that i am ruined. I don't ever want to dive this far north(Pennsylvania) of the equator. I mean...when you can see 80 feet in front of you and you stay down for 45 minutes + without a wet suit....Keeeeryst, I am changed man....

02-15-2004, 07:40 PM	#49 (permalink)
QuasiMojo King Knave Location: Lancaster	tales from the Blue Hole B.another dispatch The diving was fffffffffffffffffreakin' awesome. Unfortunately my stupid underwater cameras just didn't quite capture the majesty that IS the underwater world. and my digital camera went kind of haywire on the last day of my trip but I still have plenty of pics from the Mayan ruins. The whole country is in a state of burgeoning development and there are ruins that are literally undug and waiting to be discovered when the funds become available. can't wait to tell you about it all. did I tell you I dove the Blue Hole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the second day of dives and there I was.....130 feet straight down into a collassal sink hole that goes 480 feet. (I didn't even bother with my camera this dive) otherworldly, man....ooootherworldly. I actually had to quit thinking about what I was doing for fear of freaking out and just had to concentrate on anything else.(other divers...that BIG fish that just swam by...) I don't know, but I think I may have gotten a bit narc-ed, meaning the nitrogen began having a decidedly intoxicating effect on me. this is not an unnatural occurance when diving depths approaching 100 feet but it is something a diver needs to be fully aware of. The divemasters this day informed the less experienced of us about this possibility and said simply that if it happened, "stay focused and enjoy the high. It's legal and there's no hangover." So there I was...floating, going down...down... glancing left and right, up and down catching glimpses of my floating cadre, my submerged brotheren the only thing giving me comfort at times during this watery jaunt. I don't know if i was experiencing nitrogen narcosis during this time or i was just entering that survival zone where sheer adrenaline takes over, all I know is that felt a blissful feeling that is very, very hard to replicate above the surface. And just when I felt like i could have stayed down there forever, It was time to ascend and chill out for our safety stop. By then I had to constantly secure my reg because of the shitty grin that was erupting from my joyous face. and as I broke the surface I thought, I did it. I dove the Blue Hole. It was only the third dive outside the chilly quarry dives in Pennsylvania and I dove the freakin' Blue Hole. This dive wasn't the most beautiful of my reef dives in Belize, But...WOW. It WAS one of those occasions that when I look back upon it in years to come I will count it right up there as one of those ....Life Moments. (If you know what I mean) tfp I do believe that i am ruined. I don't ever want to dive this far north(Pennsylvania) of the equator. I mean...when you can see 80 feet in front of you and you stay down for 45 minutes + without a wet suit....Keeeeryst, I am changed man.... __________________ AzAbOv ZoBeLoE Last edited by QuasiMojo; 02-15-2004 at 07:53 PM..