Duct Tape Diving?

Spoke with my brother-in-law,  today and, as we compared our experiences in SCUBA diving, once again I’m reminded of how lucky I’ve been to have started diving in the waters off Key West.  In the waters off the coast of New England, even during the summer, hypothermia is of real concern and a full 1/4″ wet-suit (which hood, gloves, and booties) is the bare minimum — a dry suit would be even better.  Not wanting to spring for the cost of a dry-suit, he has done plenty of cold water dives — as late into the season as mid-November — and would literally use duct tape around his ankles and wrists to reduce the flow of cold water inside the suit.  He and his dive buddies call them selves “Duct Tape Divers!”

Now is that crazy or what?!