Decompression is for Wussies

Bends, schmends.

I had hoped you would just have to throw on a wet suit, shoulder a tank and set your water-proof I-pod to play “Under the Sea” to dive right in and scuba with the fishies. But, alas, there's that small issue of if you do it wrong you might burst your lungs or go into nitro-narc.

So, I'm off to get certified before I go all “finding Nemo” in Costa Rica. My first open water dive is going to be at Aurora Reservoir. Probably not the most scenic dive, but supposedly there's not just catfish and tires there, but a few planes were sunk there so that divers could play treasure hunter. Into the murk!