Posted by Jon on August 21, 2001 at 15:22:27:
To get this board back on a more positive tone, I'm borrowing an idea from a posting on another BBS.
Share your reasons for diving. You can post your answer in the subject line or add a longer message if you care to elaborate.
Jon
To get the ball rolling, here are some of the reasons I dive (in no particular order):
· To enjoy the feeling of weightlessness
· To see fascinating creatures in their natural environment
· To wash the cobwebs out of my brain
· To forget stressful days at the office
· To escape the heat
· Because pagers and phones don't work underwater
· Because the hiss and woosh of a regulator sounds like music to me
· Because you really can't tell what the vis is like until you're down there
· Because the longer you spend underwater, the more cool stuff you see
· Because the longer you spend underwater, the more at home you feel
· So I'll be ready to dive with my kids when they're old enough
· Because I find kelp forests to be more spiritual places than churches
· To find solitude
· To find companionship
· To get exercise
· Because my son thinks divers are cool
· To have an excuse to buy expensive toys
· Because California has some of the best diving in the world