Sinking all the way! Need advice

[bogbud]

Thanks for all that advice so far. The one with the infection sounds quite nasty indeed, though i have never heard something simlilar so far and am quite convinced that this won't be a problem over here around/near the North Sea in central europe. I strongly believe i will sink that far again soon, but will take care to close all "openings" as good as possible beforehand, bring a bottle of clean water and use repellents.

How do you manage not to panic? Is this just a matter of practice?

[Boggy Man]

Check out this thread, where several posts down, I posted a lot of detailed info, including searching, sinking, escaping, and submerging:

http://www.quicksandfans.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=13040


I remember hearing about the brain-eating amoeba years ago, which is rather scary sounding, but cases are rare, and are mostly in warmer areas, such as the southern States:

http://www.webmd.com/brain/brain-eating-amoeba