Accomplishments of 2010?

[tstormdiver]

I was able to accomplish a few things this year.

June- I got myself a nice DPV to start getting familiar with. Man,... that thing is a blast!

Aug./ Sept.- I went to the Galapagos Islands & had a 45- 50 ft whale shark pass within a few feet of me- CHA CHING!!!

Oct.- I finally completed my Full Cave course, after 2yrs & 3 attempts.:dance3:

Dec.- I logged my 500th dive. I have been diving for just a little over 5yrs. I have had a goal of averaging 100 dives a year for some time. My first year was very slow, learning to find buddies to dive with. I've been making up ground ever since.

What's for 2011? Well, I plan to work on getting a lot of experience in cave diving, I'm looking at certification to teach scuba to the disabled, Maybe even start cracking into some trimix training & dive! Dive! Dive!

 

[chs8084]

2010
100th dive
Took underwater photography course
Still did not finish nav course, but practiced skills a good bit

2011
Learn to dive dry
Work on underwater photography skills

 

[jupitermermaid]

This year:

Went on a live aboard to Turks and Caicos
Went to Utila for a week.
Logged over 300 dives!
Quit working my full time job to have more time for diving.
Got a new man in my life that I was NOT expecting or looking for.

For 2011:

Get my man certified!!!!!!!
Dive my 1,000th dive in Bonaire in July (if I can stop diving long enough to be able to wait )
Get a full back-up kit.
Get a pony bottle for solo diving when I look for bugs.
Keep all my friends freezers full of lobster!
Learn to use my new spear gun to catch lots of hog fish.

 

[Phil_218]

2010:
Dive more than 2009
Complete Master Diver cert
Log more than 50 dives
Add more dive buddies to list

2011:
Cozumel trip
Complete Dive Master
Log more than 50 dives
Get a dry suit
add more dive buddies to the list
Improve skills and expand experiences

 

[rongoodman]

2010:
Cavern/Intro to Cave
Adv Nitrox/Deco Proc/Helitrox
Sorted out drysuit issues

2011:
Full Cave
Normoxic Trimx
Sidemount
Dive the Windjammer on Bonaire!

 

[fjpatrum]

Oh, let me see, I didn't have any diving goals at the beginning of the year, so 2010 was an excellent year for me with respect to diving progress.

2010:
Got OW certified
Got a whopping 10 dives 7 of which were cold water (unexpected)
Bought my first rig
Promptly built my first BP and Wing, then bought a SS BP.
Started reading "Regulator Savvy"
First night dive---manta ray dive in Kona, HI

2011:
Dial in buoyancy and trim
Dive at least another 20 dives
See a shark and manatees
See a wreck
Meet some more dive buddies and SB folks

 

[fogrunner]

Hi, 2010 saw me learn to dive, after many years of procrastinating... logged 32 dives since June, when I got my open water. 2011 should see me continuing to learn and enjoy diving.

 

[SoccerJeni]

What happened in 2010:
Rediscovered how much I love diving
Dove in Key Largo
Did my first fresh water dive in Lake Travis, in cooler water, with low viz
Increased my max depth from 55' to 92'
started building up my gear (slowly)

Goals for 2011:
AOW in May, Rescue diver by the end of the Summer
Begin DM in December (maybe)
get training in dry suit
Go on a weeks dive vacation
buy more equipment
Break into the 25-49 logged dives group and potentially breaking into 50-99 group!
Drink more...post dive of course :blinking:

 

[tstormdiver]

Drink more...post dive of course :blinking:

Ah, yes,..... proper post dive decompression procedures.

 

[vladimir]

I don't think of diving in terms of goals and accomplishments, but rather as the antidote to an overly-goal-oriented existence. Which is probably why I didn't post in last year's thread. But in the spirit of the thread, 2010 was the one of the worst diving years in the last ten; I only managed about thirty dives on long-weekend trips to Bali, Phuket, and the Philippines. If the time had been spent with family and friends, I'd be okay with it, but it was mostly spent at work. That will be remedied this year. I will take at least four of the six weeks of vacation that my contract stipulates. I will spend at least two of those weeks within a stone's throw of a coral reef. I will get 75 dives in, at least.