Quote Originally Posted by acelockco View Post
that real men (and SCUBA Chicks) do it in the cold! When the sky is cloudy, the wind is blowing, the waves are crashing, and the water is just about frozen, we jump right in and that is why we are not tanned enough.

So me white as a ghost will only laugh at them.
Laughing at them is one thing, trying to get a spot on the advanced boat is another.

I clearly remember my first checkout dive as an OW student: it was Memorial Day weekend and there was freak storm coming in. There was a combination of snow and sleet coming down on the boat to the divesite. As I was preparing to take my giant step into the water, it started to hail.