Tuesday, October 16, 2007

I think the only thing i will miss about my camp after i ORD is the camp's dive pool.

It is a squarish pool, 25m by 25m (I think) and it has 4 different depths, starting with 1m at one end, drop all the way down to 10m, climbing up to 6m three quarters down the length of the pool before ending off with 4m at the other end.

An unique pool created specially to train divers. Hee.

And a place for everyone to have a good workout, to take a dip when the sun is not being very nice or simply to have great fun.

Because it has various depths, because the main group of people using it are divers, we can't resist holding our breath and go down to 4m, 6m and even 10m. I can't explain why we just love doing that, dunking ourself down all the way to the bottom. Maybe it is the surreal surrounding at the bottom that attracts us, the state where there is no sound and where you are at extreme harmony with the surrounding, be it for that few seconds. Or simply maybe it is just diver's second nature.

I never dare to venture down to 10m. There is this hidden fear which i can't overcome and i am very pleased to just touch the pool tiles at 6m. =)

For now, i am content to take a dip once in a while, do some laps or just simply sink myself down to 4m or 6m and enjoy the peaceful surrounding down there. =)



And yes, the picture is taken when i am 4m under the water level.