Something nifty for water-loving fat women & allies

[firecat]

A while back at the Fat Women's Swim in Albany, California I met Liz Nickels, a scuba diver and instructor who organizes scuba-diving (learning and doing) trips in Maui for fat women and friends.

Her next trip is April 19-25, 2008, and it's not too late to sign up.

http://www.bigadventures.net/index.php

I'm not going this year, but maybe someday!

Comments

[fauxklore]

One caution. A dear friend of mine had always wanted to try scuba diving and was given a trial lesson by her husband. As a fat woman, she had always floated and she completely freaked out over the experience of sinking.

That isn't a reason not to try but something to be aware of. I think if she had expected it, she would have handled the experience better.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Even when I was skinny, I floated. I never finished my last YMCA swim class because it took me too long to swim underwater across the pool -- I couldn't just swim, I had to dive with each stroke to stay under the water! It would be neat to see about sinking! Not that I can afford this.