Wondering What It's Like To Dive

Ok so it's the start of winter and as the water gets colder the neoprene gets thicker, the gloves get donned and the hood gets worn in a kind of claustrophobic sufferance.

By now thoughts of exotic warm dive locations are distant memories and the shine of the idea of being a diver is starting to dull. Ten seconds later and as the sky disappears behind a choppy curtain so do all those little reasons why it is no fun to dive in winter.

Onece I am down there in that alien world I have forgotten the preparation, forgotten the hours driving, forgotten the weight of all the gear and even forgotten the cold. It is a privilege that I treasure.

Now I wonder what the gentleman looking down from above is thinking. Is he wondering what it's like to dive?


Photo: Robert Rath, 'Wondering What It's Like To Dive' 1/125s f/11 ISO320 15mm