Soloist
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I have told this story a few times before, excuse me. About 15 years ago I went out on a dive to the Duane with ex-Ocean Divers. I was buddied with a young, very fit, Navy guy who had just finished OW, AOW, and nitrox with 9 training dives. We had a long discussion before the dive. He was not at all boastful but was relatively confident. The current that day was quite brisk. The swim to the down line was in good current and it did not let up appreciably at depth. We had agreed that he would let me know before he it 1000 psi. We started to explore for a while when I thought to ask him about his gas. In a short period he was down to 800 psi. We swam back to the line and I stayed with him until he surfaced and was back on the boat. I descended and finished my 45 min dive.
At least he didn’t ask “what’s NDL”, so you had that going for you.
Insta-buddy DECO Diver: What’s NDL?