Monday, March 29, 2010

Who wants to walk on the bottom of the cove?

Before the Emerald Bay dive program, there was the infamous "dive helmet". This was a hard hat type of dive helmet attached to a tube which was attached to a two-sided hand-operated pump on a floating dock. Three scouts were required to use the helmet, two to work the pump on the dock and one to walk on the bottom of the cove.

The floating dock was anchored just off of Doctor's Point, where current day war canoes leave the camp. The water there was only about eight feet deep. As there was only one helmet, the three scouts were given instructions on land; however, the diver would be all alone underwater. Due to the length of the tube the diver could only walk about 15 feet in any direction.

The real mystery here, one even I don't know the answer to, is where is the dive helmet? It is said that the helmet is still somewhere in camp, but even with all of my years at Emerald Bay I do not know it's current location.

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