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Post by crabbyjim on Nov 24, 2019 19:52:23 GMT -8
You're right. Falls are very dangerous. I really am careful, though. It isn’t the fall that kills you, it’s the abrupt stop.
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Post by DavidRitchieWilson on Nov 24, 2019 23:42:33 GMT -8
I'm engaged on my winter project of researching traditional underwater gear manufactured in the Far East. A recent eBay acquisition was a Korean-made diving mask that came in an old-fashioned cardboard box displaying the manufacturer's products on one side: I've already conducted several online searches resulting in many sightings of the Daihan diving masks pictured centre in the second and third rows above. These masks are currently on sale on a number of Korean online marketing sites. The other products illustrated have proved elusive, however, in particular the fins top left and centre. I've noticed nevertheless from various websites that they are used by Haenyeo divers on Jeju Island, e.g. I am puzzled by the dearth of information online about the company and its products. I can't even find any addresses or contact details for the manufacturer. Here's the firm's logo: The mask itself is embossed with the English words: DAI HAN SKIN DIVING MASK MADE IN KOREA MARINE SPORTS GORAE OVER THE SEA. The top of the mask box is overprinted with the words "DAIHAN DIVING MASK" in English and "대한황대수경" in Korean. Although my knowledge of the Korean language is virtually nil, I was able to figure out that "GORAE" was a transliteration of the Korean "고래", meaning "whale" and presumably a reference to the firm's logo. I'm currently posting messages on a variety of online forums, hoping that somebody located in South Korea might be able to help. DRW
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Post by SeaRat on Nov 25, 2019 10:35:45 GMT -8
DWR, You need to get a copy of " Island of Sea Women," by Lisa See. vintagescuba.proboards.com/thread/5034/island-sea-womenWhile a fictional work, it describes the use of different goggles and masks, and is very well-written as a history of the Haenyen women on Jeju Island in South Korea. You might even try contacting Lisa See to get sources in South Korea for the masks. She spent time on Jeju Island. John
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Post by SeaRat on Nov 25, 2019 10:50:25 GMT -8
I will be posting on my snorkel and mask tests here in the next few weeks. As stated above, I've been in the pool, as my recovery from my hernia surgery is complete. While the doc says not to lift over about 12 pounds until after the holidays, I'm getting ready to go down and finally move my dive tanks around, clean up my work bench, get ready for the Thanksgiving holiday, and continue my walking, swimming and bicycling. I mentioned that I've been using five different masks and snorkel combinations during my pool time swimming. Well, each mask represents 400 yards of swimming, switching between them gives me 400 yards x 5 masks = 2000 yards of swimming, without counting more than to 8 lengths (I also switch between swimming without my Hammerhead unit and with it every 200 yards). So swimming in this manner greatly decreases the mental tasks of counting lengths swam. Depending upon when my wife is finished with her swimming, I swim between 2000 and 2400 yards, with the last few being in deep water where I can get down to 16 feet in the deep end. My wife likes the shallow water where she can stand up without problems. Here is my wife swimming with her Aqualung Impulse snorkel, one of my favorites which I cannot use now as Chris has hoarded both of the ones we have. Chris snorkeling by John Ratliff, on Flickr But I have been to Good Will, and gotten a number of different, more modern snorkels for evaluation. I had an Impulse III snorkel by Aqualung too, but gave it away to my daughter-in-law's brother when we went to Hawaii a year and a half ago. He had his first snorkeling experience, and that was a great snorkel for him to use. John
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