Panic!!!

[Nemrod]

I would not call it panic, but just a few days ago on a night dive I was feeling anxious! Should have been an easy dive but I guess the DM and captain put us down off current a bit. We were huffing into the stiff current to get on track for the reef and a nice young gent kicked me in the face knocking my mask off. I put it back on after inhaling or swallowing a little salty brew and then no sooner had I started swimming again but that his bro came over top of me as I was setting the strap behind my bun and whamo, off it goes again. Okay, still swimming, a little more seawater, I am not feeling it, in fact, since my drowning event a few years back, I am going to say I was a might anxious . Decided to screw this and go get back on the boat and call it. Nope, I get up top and I look below and the DM and group are not going to move an inch without me. So I manned up, sucked down some more seawater for good measure and went on back down so as not to ruin their dives . Even took a few really bad shots with my camera. Good thing is, happy hour I did not need salt on my margaritas . Yeah, a might anxious, I get that way now for some reason after the "event" and anxious is my best description. It is also the reason you likely will not catch me but rarely with any DH regs anymore or other contraptions, G250 baby for the win . I may need thereapy .

 

[34109411]

I would not call it panic, but just a few days ago on a night dive I was feeling anxious! Should have been an easy dive but I guess the DM and captain put us down off current a bit. We were huffing into the stiff current to get on track for the reef and a nice young gent kicked me in the face knocking my mask off. I put it back on after inhaling or swallowing a little salty brew and then no sooner had I started swimming again but that his bro came over top of me as I was setting the strap behind my bun and whamo, off it goes again. Okay, still swimming, a little more seawater, I am not feeling it, in fact, since my drowning event a few years back, I am going to say I was a might anxious . Decided to screw this and go get back on the boat and call it. Nope, I get up top and I look below and the DM and group are not going to move an inch without me. So I manned up, sucked down some more seawater for good measure and went on back down so as not to ruin their dives . Even took a few really bad shots with my camera. Good thing is, happy hour I did not need salt on my margaritas . Yeah, a might anxious, I get that way now for some reason after the "event" and anxious is my best description. It is also the reason you likely will not catch me but rarely with any DH regs anymore or other contraptions, G250 baby for the win . I may need thereapy .

normal that anxiety kick in sometimes. No shame.

Be safe

 

[coldwaterglutton]

In any emergency situation, make sure to take your own pulse first.

 

[34109411]

In any emergency situation, make sure to take your own pulse first.

that's a good one !

 

[Mantaray95616]

I agree. Driving past miles of ocean to get to a pool to practice does not make sense. Use the ocean. It makes more sense as it is your diving environment, not the pool. (I prefer the taste of salt water over Chlorine anyway). My point was that a diver should have completely mastered the art of mask clearing BEFORE certification.

 

[happy-diver]

mask clearing

It's a nice thought chief, but class is short diving is long and the circumstance
of the filling for the clearing and state of mind invariably affect the procedure

 

[happy-diver]

you likely will not catch me but rarely with any DH regs anymore or other contraptions

Ain't that the truth Mr swim down, swim around, swim back up hopefully Nemrod

Yeah my love of contraptions is also waning, requiring the accessibility of that blast of air from a single hose

 

[Nemrod]

Ain't that the truth Mr swim down, swim around, swim back up hopefully Nemrod

The problem was that I did swim down okay and then I did swim around just fine but it was that swimming up part with lungs full of seawater was a challenge and near about got me. Maybe I exaggerate or maybe I am just hard to kill or lucky or all of those things.

 

[happy-diver]

great tell it how it is draught for the next "Lets go diving!" promo, "Coming to a school near you!"

 

[Mantaray95616]

class is short

Thats the problem; today's courses are too short and designed to bring in as much money as possiblle through upgrades.

I agree that the unexpected can happen, but a flooded or leaky mask can be expected especially in group diving where participants are in close formation.