Overcoming the Cold Water Face hit

[Fondueset]

I wear the icecap smooth side out - I think this makes it a little easier to have some water circulate enough to pressurize the ears - and helps the mask seal - it also matches my Cressi Matrix perfectly. spearfishingear.com is where I got it - took them a couple days to get it but no big wait. Wonderful piece of kit - greatly saves heat loss.

thanks! (will check the vest thread)

[naiad]

Originally Posted by Alun

here's another interesting experiment for you...
next time get into the pool as normal without a wetsuit and perhaps you'll find that you shiver almost straight away(?). i do anyway! then just exhale passively and let yourself sink to the bottom (doesn't need to be deep). you should find that your shivering miraculously stops instantly! this is something i discovered during Seb Murat's clinic in Sweden. in all my years of freediving i had never experienced that before and it came as a real surprise!

I tried that and it works!

Lucia