Bad buddies...
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Here we go again...
This is not a case of "bad buddy", but one of those occasions in which I really really really really would like to have the solo certification...
So, we were diving in a wonderful spot with perfect conditions.
The dives offered by this company are often a little bit more tricky, and they required more skills and knowledge and experience than the average other dive companies around here. They buddy me with a dude that I've seen often with them, so I was ok because I thought he was ok with his skills, etc., but it was the first time for me to dive with him...
We jump in the water, go down and I'm amazed by the spot: 15 meters vis, a lot of cave and pass through, and little caves to explore, at a serious deep (between 30 and 25 meters)...
Unfortunately, after 30 minutes of diving, my buddy is already out of air, with 60 bar, and we have to go back...
I still had 110 bar (we both have the same 230 to start with) and I was enjoying avery single second of that dive/spot...
Damn...
This is not a case of "bad buddy", but one of those occasions in which I really really really really would like to have the solo certification...
So, we were diving in a wonderful spot with perfect conditions.
The dives offered by this company are often a little bit more tricky, and they required more skills and knowledge and experience than the average other dive companies around here. They buddy me with a dude that I've seen often with them, so I was ok because I thought he was ok with his skills, etc., but it was the first time for me to dive with him...
We jump in the water, go down and I'm amazed by the spot: 15 meters vis, a lot of cave and pass through, and little caves to explore, at a serious deep (between 30 and 25 meters)...
Unfortunately, after 30 minutes of diving, my buddy is already out of air, with 60 bar, and we have to go back...
I still had 110 bar (we both have the same 230 to start with) and I was enjoying avery single second of that dive/spot...
Damn...
1. Nice to meet you. I see you have a buddy and since 3 is a crowd I will be diving solo. I plan on doing a. b. c. on my dive. Feel free to follow me. If I notice you are gone then I will assume you are doing your own thing.
2. This becomes a solo dive after the first ignored signal. I try to surface close to the boat.
I am not normally in this situation as I normally dive with the same people and all are good. In the rare occasion I am in a cattle boat I normally just drift with the herd and would help anyone who needed help but I never put myself in a position to be individually responsible for someone I just met.
2. This becomes a solo dive after the first ignored signal. I try to surface close to the boat.
I am not normally in this situation as I normally dive with the same people and all are good. In the rare occasion I am in a cattle boat I normally just drift with the herd and would help anyone who needed help but I never put myself in a position to be individually responsible for someone I just met.
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