There are a few times in life when I want to be a boy!
They normally involve a full bladder & a lack of toilets.
As a diver in Wellington only 2 sites have facilities & while most have bushes they may not offer the most privacy.
I have forgotten how often I have moved away from other divers, found a bush or rock to hide behind only to have other divers surface in front of me or drivers in trucks with a higher viewpoint come past at just the wrong moment – cringe!
Boat diving is worse – asking other divers on the boat to face forward is OK in winter but come summer with 100’s of other boats in the water this is not a favourable option – in fact it is on par with the bucket! And being in a drysuit there is always that fear that as I hang off the back of the boat I will fall in.
So before I headed south for my ice diving trip I finally ordered my Shewee. Unfortunately it didn’t arrive in time – so making yellow snow on a lake at 1800n above sea level was not a private moment. Only 1 other girl had to go up the mountain, while plenty of boys walked away from the group for a minute or two. Does this explain why most of the girls headed back down the mountain so early?
This could be my favourite piece of dive equipment
Anyway my Shewee has arrived & I have been practicing with no problems at all – the real test will come this weekend as I head out for a dive in my drysuit.
Wish me luck!Claire