I'm not a SCUBA instructor, but I am/was a PSIA ski instructor and an NRA pistol instructor. Locally, I was comped for lift tickets if I showed my credentials and home area seasons pass. Out of the area, if I asked nicely at the instructors admin office, I was generally comped a lift ticket -...
As a 65-year old newbie OW diver (certified in 2008, never dove, now starting up again) I have no advise regarding the technical path you might take. My question is your motive for your end goal - why do you want to be a certified kick-ass cave diver in 2-3 years? Your motivation for the goal is...
Buy it and dive it without the camera inside, but put a couple squares of that moisture sensing paper in to detect any leaks. If it works okay while empty it should work okay with the camera.
I've read advice before, and generally agree, that it's not necessarily a great idea to make your passion into your profession. Unless you're a born teacher, instruction can become boring and aggravating very quickly. For example, I love to downhill ski, and became a part time, PSIA certified...
I think a major deal is fit. My new dry suit needed some major stretching on the neoprene neck seal - when I tried it on for 15 minutes in my living room, with my instructor friend standing by, I nearly passed out from neck squeeze. Had I just jumped off a boat, I may very well have passed out...
Sounds like a fun time! I do have a question - in theory, shouldn't you have at least a cavern diver cert to venture into an overhead environment? Did you get any instruction before the dive, or is this a total 'trust me" situation? Not knocking the experience at all, but as a very new diver...
Ecology - although some of the folks I've dealt with there are quite professional - in the water division, the ones I've known in the waste division often have delusions of grandeur. One former colleague of mine at an environmental consulting firm went to work for Ecology. He flat out told me...
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