Learning DIR or DIW at Casino Point?

[drbill]

I'll bring my side of this thread to a close by saying that I will be "solving" the problem. Although the signs (2) say to use the appropriate side to enter and exit, and in America we use the right hand side of the road, of the stairs, etc., I have asked about the indicator signs and been told to go ahead and remedy the issue by painting them on the appropriate sides.

People who read the signs and use their heads (with the exception of the British and others who drive on the left), should be able to figure this one out. For those of any agency or "school" persuasion who can't, I will paint the signs in red. After that, I'll paint the town in red.

As some one who has dived Catalina for 35 years, there were advantages to the rocks before the stairs were built. They didn't funnel entries and exits to the same degree causing the congestion we see.

Dr. Bill

 

[kelpmermaid]

And if my memory does not fail me, for the desperately overheated encased in neoprene, the rocks are still available...

 

[Dyno Bill]

I never minded the rocks at all, it took only moments to get in or out. You just watched the swell and jumped or rode the surge up and there you were. Of course there were a couple of rocks that were usually busy so a little searching was sometimes in order.
Bill

 

[drbill]

I thought I had said my last but lragsac's posting of the quote from MHK has prompted another "last" posting in this thread.

MHK stated "...Notwithstanding the foregoing, I would still offer that I strongly suspect that, if in fact, the event occured ..."

I have to interpret that statement as suggesting one of two things: (a) my eyesight or mental caoacity is insufficient to accurately observe the event or (b) I may be lying. Since my vision, while somewhat flawed, was more than adequate to see what happened... and as stated it was confirmed by two others who were within inches of the occurence, and I have three degrees from some of the top educational institutions in the country if not the world, I must assume you are now calling me a liar.

Them's "fighting words" (even though I vastly prefer being a lover to a fighter). I am also beginning to suspect that the arrogance displayed by the diver in question (which you admit to not having seen, and I acknowledge was not done under your direct supervision) may mirror a certain arrogance of your own based on your suggestion that the event, witnessed by three individuals with a combined total of about 60 years in the dive arena, may not have occured. Get real.

I can assure you that at least within this community my veracity is usually considered beyond reproach. My sense of humor is also well recognized... except apparently by "true believers."

Now where's my dive computer, K-valve and pony bottle so I can go on my next solo dive?

Dr. Bill

 

[stevensamler]

Stay right be right!

 

[tracydr]

Question for MHK. When you started your class-were you in the way of either ongoing PADI class or did they come in after you and cut your lines? Seems odd that both incidences occurred to you. I could see one line but two?
The park is kind of small- probably a good idea with the more advanced group, using lines and all, to move off to the south, out of the way of the OW classes.

 

[merxlin]

You might note that prior to the above two posts, the last entry was almost 9 years ago- you may not get much in the way of a reply!

 

[Ben_ca]

...and aside from the time warp why is this in NorCal?

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[alibi 2]

Thanks Drbill...Im a firm believer in verbally letting folks know about bad dive habits and rude behavior...My one and only dive injury occurred at breakwater..conditions had kicked up to larger swells and they were close together...i got all of our students out safe and i was the last to exit...i had my fins off when a guy suddenly got in front of me and said, "it's my turn!" he caught the swell and got out i was lifted off my feet and set back down but my left foot was in a hole and the next swell was right behind it at shoulder height..it knocked me forward onto my knees...and broke all the toes in my left foot...thank God I always enter and exit with my reg in...i was now underwater and could not stand up...i was able to finally crawl out and ask for help...and that was just the beginning..

I had a cast put on the leg the following week ...the following week to that i developed a blood clot in the leg...the clot broke loose into 2 clots that lodged into my right lung...i was in the er trama unit for 6 hours before going to a room and spent the next 9 days in the hospital and could not dive for the next 6 months while on heavy blood thinners...a freak deal? yes ..but all started by one rude guy....so don't be afraid to speak up...I now do!

 

[drbill]

Too bad this thread was resurrected even though the point is a valid one. MHK has done a lot for diving and has been a very strong supporter of our local recompression chamber. What some in his class did should not reflect on him personally as they were not under his direct supervision at the time of the incident.