LOUISE TREWAVAS
Things fall apart
ICAN’T QUITE UNDERSTAND IT. How did that happen? Every item of my scuba kit was fine when
I put it away. Perhaps it’s lockdown. Perhaps this always happens after a period of “dive hibernation”.
I’m finding it difficult to accept that items of my kit can expire in storage. The longer I’ve owned a piece of kit, the greater is my confidence that it’s pretty much indestructible.
I’ve had the same mask for more than 15 years; why isn’t it just the same as it ever was? This is not my beautiful mask. It’s looking battered and discoloured, with a split in the seal.