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Another call to join the collective, eh? The answer is that there are other divers who likewise have thousands upon thousands of dives, dive in environments other than warm water caves, and have likewise made gear configurations safer under their own circumstances. There is more than one...

My wife has mild OCD as well, so I understand where you are coming from. She is also my regular buddy. I didn't mean to imply that there was no problem. My point was that your set-up is fine, it is a matter of getting YOURSELF comfortable with it. You now know that if you reach for your...

On the books...if you are trying to look up the author, Cole will get you nowhere. The author is Cris Kohl. My recommendation would be "The Great Lakes Diving Guide," but you may also want to pick up "The 100 Best Great Lakes Shipwrecks Vol. I and II." All the information you could possibly...

On the set-up, I would also advise a retractor for the console. More importantly, I would advise that whatever setup you use, you be familiar enough with it to know where everything is instinctively, or at least by feel. It sounds to me like your problem with finding the ditch handle for your...

He specifically mentions pulling the handle on the one he did find and holding on to the weights, which inverted him in the water, thus moving his console out of the way so he could find the other one, pull it, and right himself. This doesn't sound to me like he was just trying to locate the...

Ok...haven't seen this one addressed already....but why were you ditching your weights on a CESA drill? Forgive me if I am reading this incorrectly, but it seems to me you were ditching your weights at depth as well. Not really sure why you would ever do that unless you were grossly...

Nahh...if you know what you're doing and you just lay on the elevator button real hard, no need to hold on to the starting block before making the ascent. :D

Hell yeah! That's what it's there for, isn't it? :rofl3:

Only been on a liveaboard once. The only thing that was set up once for the week was mounting the BCD on the tank, and we did that ourselves. On occasion, the DM would take my reg off of the tank valve to fill the tank, but he would never put it back on or turn on the valve. Most...

I just take in a deep breath, hold it in as hard as I can, and bolt for the surface with all my might. :D

You got the fear of the wrong thing! Sharks are nothing. The most dangerous stuff in the world is dihydrogen monoxide! We come in contact with the dreadful chemical every single time we go diving! One of the most deadly chemicals on the planet...read all about it here...

Welcome aboard! You have picked a great community to join. ;)

Congrats! And welcome to the board! Let us know how Catalina goes...say hi to Dr. Bill for all of us! ;)

On the lap counters, you are correct....but did you have a lap counter on each end of the pool? Doubtful. And when they changed the number on the board for you, did it decrease by 2 each time, or by 1? I am betting it was by 1. This is because each time you touched the same wall again, it...

As a former competitive swimmer, I call hogwash!!!! A length is 1 X the length of the pool, regardless of how long the pool is. A lap is a round trip, there and back, by definition two lengths of the pool. If you are swimming in a 25 yard pool, a length is 25 yards, a lap is 50 yards...

Thanks.....I was just referring to the fact that GUE doesn't allow any strokes whatsoever.... :D

I recently was at an ice dive. After I had completed my own brief dive (I was just there to test out drysuits before making my own final purchase decision), I stuck around as surface support. One diver came up after a short dive because his reg had freeflowed, inflating his bc and forcing him...

Can't be both a reptile and an amphibian. That's like saying something is both a bird and a mammal. ;)

Turtles and tortises are both examples of reptiles. Frogs and Salamanders are both examples of amphibians. :D

The most compelling evidence I have seen so far.... Who would have figured I like being compelled this much.... :D