I still have one dive trip left this year. Heading down to north FL over the New Year for some cavern diving. So far for 2009:
Logged dives: 71
Wreck dives: 16 ... North Carolina (2 trips) and Boynton Beach (MV Castor)
Coolest dive(s):
- Diving with sand tigers on the Spar (6x)
- Diving the U352 (2x)
Confined water dives working as a DM: 17 pool sessions
Training:
- Finally finished DM in Feb and began "working" (actually volunteering!) as a DM for fun.
- Completed basic survey training with Ohio's Maritime Archaeology Survey Team (MAST).
- Completed Cavern training ... and loved it! I hope to start cave in 2010.
Disappointments:
- I didn't get in any deco diving. Absolutely none. I hope to change that in 2010.
- I didn't make it out on any MAST survey trips.
- I didn't do any Great Lakes wreck dives. That's a big disappointment, but the 2 NC trips were a nice substitute.
Trips/Outings ... total of 29 days diving:
Gilboa Quarry 9 days
North Carolina 2 trips, total of 7 days, total of 15 dives
Ginnie Springs FL 3 days
France Park Quarry 2 days
Hidden Paradise Quarry 2 days
White Star Quarry 2 days
Blue Stone Quarry NC 1 day
Boynton Beach FL 1 day
Blue Springs Quarry 2 day
2010 Goals:
Complete Basic/Intro to Cave and a follow-on trip to cave dive at that level
Do some recreational Great Lakes wreck dives
Do some staged decompression Great Lakes wreck dives
Continue to fine tune technical diving skills
Lose 10 lbs and improve my physical fitness
Complete the 160 mile, one-day event called RAIN ... Ride Across INdiana
Achieve 100 "Thanks Received" posts on ScubaBoard