![]() ![]() ![]() Everybody likes to belong, and this is a really fun group, an outgoing group.” “It’s a community, so there’s a sense of belonging to something. “There’s a lot of camaraderie between the divers,” Raley said. Until you do it you can’t really put into words what it is like to be under there, even though it is freezing cold.”īut there is more than just what the water offers. That whole feeling of being suspended - it is total stress relief. “The opportunity to be underwater is amazing,” Ierley said. She said the feeling divers get when diving is hard to describe. This has been an annual tradition for us for 20-some years, whether it is here or wherever we had access to the water.” “Our guys just really enjoy diving, and they take every opportunity, regardless of how insane it is, to go and get in the water. “I come out to support my divers,” she said, noting that 12 of the 14 divers in the water at 10 a.m. Ierley said she wouldn’t miss being there. I like to hunt for fossils underwater,” he said, noting that he’s found them in the Potomac River, rivers of Virginia and along the coast. For others, it is underwater photography. “For some it is just the feeling of being underwater. Raley said everyone who dives does it for a different reason. Raley warmed his hands over an open fire with Sherri Ierley, owner of York Divers in Pennsylvania, looking over the lake as divers entered and exited the water. ![]() He said the airplane was an Eagle Scout project that was originally suspended above the water. Mike Raley runs the quarry for Undersea Outfitters. Formed on the site of a limestone pit, the 50- to 60-foot-deep lake hosts scuba students on weekends from April through November, giving them an opportunity to swim through an underwater playground constructed by the company - with a school bus, a Jeep and an airplane under the water. The 9-acre Hyde’s Quarry is owned by the county and has been leased by Undersea Outfitters and used as a training facility since 2007. ![]() on New Year’s Day at the quarry on Jasontown Road just outside Westminster, drawing 14 divers who donned dry suits and scuba gear before dropping below the surface. The dive, organized by Undersea Outfitters, took place 10 a.m. Cold, clear water draws divers like moths to a flame even on a day with air temperatures in the single digits and teens, according to divers participating in the New Year’s Day Underwater Dive at Hyde’s Quarry. ![]()
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