So this story comes done the pipe from one of the members of the squad. They shall remain nameless as it is irrelevant to the reader and the squad all know who it is. So here we go then. The stories goes something like this. A couple of the fellas decided to go diving in the beautiful waters just south of the San Diego. Mexico to be more precise. As the diving from ponga boats is fairly cheap they went ahead and spent the $25 dollars for two dives to get out on the boat. As they were getting back in the boat after the second beautiful dive. They noticed a boat kinda off their starboard side, in line with their return heading. So as they were heading back to shore they were able to get a good look at the operations of the local divers. One guy getting in the water in a wet suit wearing a weight belt and clipped off hookah line. So the guy in the water is down at like 30 ft. breathing the air being sucked in by the compressor in the boat. (the general idea of hookah is you don't need a cylinder you can just have a compressor that will provide compressed "sometimes filtered/sometimes not" air to the person breathing on the end of the hose.) As they floated passed the hookah team. They could only see the compressor and the man attending it. He was seated by the intake valve with a lit joint in his hand. After every hit he took on the joint he would lean over and exhale into the intake on the compressor (in this case the compressor being a Briggs and Stratton lawnmower engine with a few extra belts and hoses.) I can only imagine the level of narcosis that was hitting the diver at 30ft. You think to yourself..... "so that's how they roll".
Now as a proviso I need to make it clear that we the SSS do not in anyway endorse or encourage the use of drugs. In diving and outside diving. We support Proper diving techniques and solid training. the above story is to give a smile to all the divers out there who have seen some foolishness while diving.
Hope you got a laugh out of this episode.
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