Echidna
04-28-2015, 03:51 PM
...or: If I had umlimited resources.
So I've been brainstorming what to do for better swimming options.
Until now, like probably everyone else, I use pools (most too shallow and too crowded for good exercise) or lakes and rivers (brrr!!).
I don't have the luxury of a temperate waterbody nearby, and my friends and I have considered pooling resources (ha!) for a swimming pond or natural pool.
Sadly, those don't get too warm either.
And then it hit me.
There are swimming pools for swimmers, leisure pools for children and people who like to stand around, aquatic centres with slides and diving boards for teenagers, and indoor diving facilities for divers.
All of these are not really great for mermaiding if you think about it.
Lakes and diving facilities aren't really fun without a warm suit- and the rest isn't meant to swim underwater much.
There is a lack of something in between- something warm and comfortable for swimmers, but still fun to be underwater in.
I call it:
Mermaid's Paradise. (This is a childhood dream of mine, btw.)
It's a large complex of indoor pools beneath a glass construction, surrounded by palm trees and greenery, maybe a few fountains.
The difference to a normal aquatic centre is that the pools are at least 3m-5m deep and are not plain tiled affairs; they have (artificial) landscapes everywhere that are fun to swim over (and under), (artificial) greenery, reefs, rocks and so on.
(I'm not a fan of the artificial landscapes some diving towers have- pipes, sunken boats and wrecked planes which divers seem to enjoy so much. In my eyes, that's junk. :p )
The pools with differing architecture are joined by underwater tube passages, large enough to safely dive through.
One of the smaller pools is furnished like an underwater cave and dark except for the indirect lighting which could resemble bioluminescence.
Of course, there should also be a tube leading to an outdoor pool, likewise 3m-5m deep and comfortably warm, made to resemble an ocean cove leading up to a beach.
The whole complex would be healthy to be in due to not using chlorine, but a complex ozone method.
Thus, swimming without goggles wouldn't lead instantly to eye loss. :p
Why is this not a thing?
I wish something, anything like this would exist.
And if I were in charge of this entire business, guests with mermaid costumes would get a discount on entry fees.
There is a guy in Nuremberg who is planning something similar, but for divers (around 18°C- thank you, but no thank you :lol:), he is being sponsored and they might start the project soon.
Do you think someone would sponsor a mermaid complex?...Or are there just too little people who enjoy freediving, snorkeling, and mermaiding? :$
So I've been brainstorming what to do for better swimming options.
Until now, like probably everyone else, I use pools (most too shallow and too crowded for good exercise) or lakes and rivers (brrr!!).
I don't have the luxury of a temperate waterbody nearby, and my friends and I have considered pooling resources (ha!) for a swimming pond or natural pool.
Sadly, those don't get too warm either.
And then it hit me.
There are swimming pools for swimmers, leisure pools for children and people who like to stand around, aquatic centres with slides and diving boards for teenagers, and indoor diving facilities for divers.
All of these are not really great for mermaiding if you think about it.
Lakes and diving facilities aren't really fun without a warm suit- and the rest isn't meant to swim underwater much.
There is a lack of something in between- something warm and comfortable for swimmers, but still fun to be underwater in.
I call it:
Mermaid's Paradise. (This is a childhood dream of mine, btw.)
It's a large complex of indoor pools beneath a glass construction, surrounded by palm trees and greenery, maybe a few fountains.
The difference to a normal aquatic centre is that the pools are at least 3m-5m deep and are not plain tiled affairs; they have (artificial) landscapes everywhere that are fun to swim over (and under), (artificial) greenery, reefs, rocks and so on.
(I'm not a fan of the artificial landscapes some diving towers have- pipes, sunken boats and wrecked planes which divers seem to enjoy so much. In my eyes, that's junk. :p )
The pools with differing architecture are joined by underwater tube passages, large enough to safely dive through.
One of the smaller pools is furnished like an underwater cave and dark except for the indirect lighting which could resemble bioluminescence.
Of course, there should also be a tube leading to an outdoor pool, likewise 3m-5m deep and comfortably warm, made to resemble an ocean cove leading up to a beach.
The whole complex would be healthy to be in due to not using chlorine, but a complex ozone method.
Thus, swimming without goggles wouldn't lead instantly to eye loss. :p
Why is this not a thing?
I wish something, anything like this would exist.
And if I were in charge of this entire business, guests with mermaid costumes would get a discount on entry fees.
There is a guy in Nuremberg who is planning something similar, but for divers (around 18°C- thank you, but no thank you :lol:), he is being sponsored and they might start the project soon.
Do you think someone would sponsor a mermaid complex?...Or are there just too little people who enjoy freediving, snorkeling, and mermaiding? :$