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What kind of divers are women?
Text WOJCIECH A. FILIP MY TWENTY YEARS AS A DIVING INSTRUCTOR TAUGHT ME THAT WELL-TRAINED WOMEN ARE BETTER DIVERS THAN MEN.
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municate their needs clearly, evaluate risk adequately
DIVING DOES NOT MAKE YOU SLIM
and… have no problem with saying they won’t do some-
I know, I should have written quite the opposite.
I could give numerous examples to illustrate my words.
the water, but we have breakfast in the morning, eat some
I won’t, because its only purpose would be to prove my point…
more on our way, a barbeque after the first dive not to lose
to men.
our strength and after the second dive we eat some more
hey are more focused during learning, usually com-
thing because they can’t or are afraid.
In today’s article, I’ll focus on a few things that might help women dive better. There are THREE AREAS worth reviewing to ensure diving comfort. Comfort, in this context, means safety, building the right
On a diving day, we spend only several dozen minutes in
to somehow endure the tough day. Of course, on the way back, we hit another bar at a gas station. Any attempts to calculate a negative balance of calories with two dives would require extreme and incurable optimism which would eventually yield to mathematics.
self-assessment and getting the most pleasure out of diving. KNOWLEDGE, EXPERTISE AND DIVING GEAR
1. Gear My gear is what they gave me, because this is only a beginners’
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All of these areas impact each other, while all of them taken
course or my husband had bought new gear for himself and
together and each one separately will influence the comfort
gave me the old stuff or there’s no need to worry, because it
of female divers.
will be fine anyway.