intrepidacious
Surfaced
Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. **This was the mid-way point. We had to go back the same way we came in.
Wow! Unfortunately, I encountered the most excruciating left-ear squeeze. Cenote diving entails lots of descends and ascends, and equalizing.
I accidently left too much water inside my mask's nose cavity, and equalized my ears as we went along. Suddenly, I couldn't equalize my left ear. I guess the water in my nose prevented me from doing so. I tried to ascend to relieve it, but the cavern ceiling was too low. At the very least, you cannot panic in this environment!
I had to brave the squeeze, go down low again, and continue to a different part of the cavern to relieve it. During that time, I heard a loud high pitch sound in my head. I thought my head was going to burst!
Finally, I was able to get to a higher open area where my left ear was able to pop. Don't want to experience that again. Luckily, the captivating view made up for it. Very relieved that it went away 2 days later.
Surfaced
Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. **This was the mid-way point. We had to go back the same way we came in.
Wow! Unfortunately, I encountered the most excruciating left-ear squeeze. Cenote diving entails lots of descends and ascends, and equalizing.
I accidently left too much water inside my mask's nose cavity, and equalized my ears as we went along. Suddenly, I couldn't equalize my left ear. I guess the water in my nose prevented me from doing so. I tried to ascend to relieve it, but the cavern ceiling was too low. At the very least, you cannot panic in this environment!
I had to brave the squeeze, go down low again, and continue to a different part of the cavern to relieve it. During that time, I heard a loud high pitch sound in my head. I thought my head was going to burst!
Finally, I was able to get to a higher open area where my left ear was able to pop. Don't want to experience that again. Luckily, the captivating view made up for it. Very relieved that it went away 2 days later.