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8 05 2008

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 ~

We hit Morrison’s quarry last night, for the start of our Thursday night training dives. There was myself, Steve, Leigh, plus two others that wanted to join us. One friend of ours that is finishing up his T1 this summer, as well as another guy interested in the training we do. Leigh and I dropped down together, and did our valve drills and S drills, and Steve, Radu, and Martin teamed up. Our plan was to drop down to the sub (about 60′, and do a timed ascent, then surface and discuss. We weren’t sure whether doing it in a 5 person formation was the best thing to do or not, but we thought we’d give it a try!

Yeah.. that wasn’t the best way to do it…

Lol… So.. Steve buddied up with our new friends, and Leigh and I went and did a couple more ascents.

We were told that the shark on the 30′ ledge was missing, so we went to look for him. We found him.. he was belly up at 80′. We’ll have to go back down with a lift bag to bring him back to life!

Leigh pulled an OOA on me, and all went smoothly. We swam around a bit, then hovered for a while, and watched the others, then went for another ascent. When we headed back to the plane, the others had gone back to the beach, so we made our way back in too… a nice and easy swim back in.

A great dive!

Bottom Time ~ 58 minutes
Max. Depth ~ 62′
Water Temp. ~ 42 and 44 (Except I think I had a slight narcosis at 60’… I swear it said 100 degrees…)
Vis. ~ 50′


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4 05 2008

Sunday, May 4th, 2008 ~

Steve and I headed down to the mighty Ktown on Friday night, to sit in on a split weekend Fundies course. This was Steve’s first course that he was interning on, on the road to becoming a GUE instructor. I like sitting in on classes, as I enjoy reabsorbing information. Friday night was some classroom stuff, Saturday started off at the pool, for the swim and breath hold tests, then back to the classroom again!

Sunday was dive day. There were four students ~ Two in doubles and two in single tanks. Dive one was a “see where you’re at dive,” and Steve had the video camera going. I went in with Tom R for a leisurely dive in the Brule Road Quarry. We dropped down, did our valve drills, swam around the boat, found a ton of bottles, and Tom even found a gold necklace… We watched the students for a while, and surfaced with them. The two of us then went back to shore, but sat at the surface for a bit.

Bottom Time ~ 48 mins.
Max. Depth ~ 26′
Water Temp. ~ 55 above, 52 below thermocline
Vis. ~ 30′ ish

We saw some familiar faces gearing up to get in, and ended up chatting for a while. I wasn’t sure if I was going to last a whole lot longer on the second dive, as my back was a little sore, so I warned Tom that I may pull out the thumb. Back down we went.. back to the boat… through the boat…while my mask flooded… We made our way back to the class, where we watched a bit, then ascended with them. Tom wanted to take a turn with the camera, so Steve and I hovered nearby. After a few propulsion exercises, Steve and I were to bring the reel in.. Steve started, then handed me the prize! I reeled in, and we surfaced. I was then elected to be one of the single tank students’ buddy for her Valve Drill and S Drill, and I had to play “dummy.” She did the drills without a hitch, then did a timed ascent to the surface. Steve and I went back down for the lift bag, then came in. What a fun day!

Was I ever glad I had my She-P!!!!!!!

Bottom Time ~ 57 mins.
Water Temp. ~ 55/52
Max. Depth ~ 25′
Vis. ~ 30′ ish

Our training dives start up again this Thursday!

w000000000000t!


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