I did some wash-ons and -offs myself this week in Hawaii, though I did not know the official name for the process. I also did a wash-on up onto a rock, proceeded to play rock-climber with one hand on the craggy hold and one hand disassembling fins, and then my handhold broke off and I went tumbling back into the water, yard-sale-ing my mask, snorkel, and fins. (I’ve never yard-saled in the water; only on the snow before!)
My free diving attempts were miserable. I had good vis to a 20-foot sandy bottom and was able to get there no problem, but I had no capacity to stay down and swim with the fishies after so doing. Ugh. If I had a lagoon of coral like that in my backyard I would be a master freediver in a year’s time. :)
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