RE: Scuba (was FITNESS)

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Apr 14 2003 - 20:05:44 MDT

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    > That was not my impression, but I went and looked up some
    > stats. Sure enough, it is indeed safer than skydiving:

    I've tried sky-diving (twice on the same day during my radical youth) and
    scuba once (in Cancun just last year, where one can dive with a guide
    without a scuba license).

    I would agree that sky-diving is definitely more dangerous than scuba. I
    recall packing my parachute next to a guy who was packing his chute while
    sporting a plaster cast on his lower leg. He had broken his leg from a
    previous sky-dive and was planning to take another dive even with the cast.

    Scuba divers tend to be peaceful nature lovers. Sky-divers on the other hand
    are adrenaline addicts. They're just plain nutz. :-)

    -gts



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