Buddy for Dutch Springs Mon 24 and/or Wed 26?

[herbdb]

It depends on your cold tolerance. I dive a merino lined 5mm suit, with gloves and a beanie. I unfortunately am the opposite of Mick and carry a lot of built in insulation. I would recommend a 7mm suit, with gloves and some sort of head protection. If you are really cold natured you might try a farmer john suit, they double the protection on your core. You can rent from Lehigh Valley Dive Shop located 5 min from Dutch Springs.

 

[maniago]

Hey Herb - sent you a pic of our two ship from yesterday. Mick

 

[herbdb]

Got it. Very nice picture - swimming together, horizontal, both in good trim, nothing dangling - looks like we know what we are doing.

 

[maniago]

Looks like I'm a bit high on the SAC rate compared to your bubbles! Computer says I did .7 for both tanks that day...

 

[herbdb]

You did very well, you got an hour out of your 100 cuft tank on the first dive and 45 on the second. I've seen a lot worse, myself included.

Everyone gets better with time. When I started diving I could only get about 25-30 min on an Al80.

 

[maniago]

I just read that I was skip breathing and CO2 loading. Had a monster headache on the way home. Gonna have to try to be better at 4 sec in/4 sec out. Hey, what fun! Its all good discovery.

 

[herbdb]

If you poke around here, you can find a lot of discussion on breathing techniques. I think the key to good gas consumption is lots of things - buoyancy, trim, streamlining are the biggies. I just try to make sure my breathing is slow - breathe in then a long slow exhale. This will help with the CO2 headaches. For me a 4 sec pattern is a little too fast.