Disturbing trend in diving?
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Chios is not a touristic island. Plus it is pretty far from Athens. As opposed to the Kyklades where you can take a ferry that lasts just a few hours, the boat to Chios is an overnighter (or an hour flight). Also, many of the Greek shipping magnate families are from Chios. I don't know the history of why so much of the merchant marine came from that island.
It is hard to type the proper pronunciation. I guess the closest would be "HEE-os" where the H is much stronger than the English language. But since you mentioned Spanish, it would be more like the Spanish j.
Don't worry, the way gyros is mispronounced is of great national concern for Greece!
Anyway, I hope you will try the exercises with your wife and give me feedback on how they can be improved, as nothing I teach is set in stone. I'm always looking to do better.
Interesting posts. Spending part of my childhood in Cyprus, I never remember seeing gyros. It was always souvlaki and souvla. Souvlaki remains my favourite meal.
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Spending my summers in Greece it was always souvlaki me pita. The first gyro I saw was in the United States. I started seeing gyros in Greece later when I traveled with friends to places more popular with foreign tourists. Since then, I see gyros more often, but still it is mostly pork souvlaki with pita, tomatoes, onions, and tzatziki.
Don't get me started about adding fries. That's just wrong.
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See it on a lot of guided dives. Especially saw it in cozumel, ow divers doing repeated dives to 90 feet and not watching NFL at all.....
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Hi - at DiveISC (currently not available in the USA), we ensure divers are trained in dive tables, their use, and the importance of staying within their personal limits. We emphasize that divers should never blindly follow a guide or divemaster, as many will push limits to impress or deliver a ‘better’ dive. Understanding depth and NDL limits is critical—because ultimately, every diver is responsible for their safety.
What tables do you use?
Do you provide any training on using computers as well?
What are they instructed to do in places like Cozumel where following a DM is required by law?
I don't watch NFL even when I'm not diving. Is I gone die?
Sadly, many yes. Ranges from all cert levels. But ive come a cross a number of vet Owcs with own gear and over 5k dives under their belts. They'd outdive many instructors i know. Its like when you have friends on a camping trip and theres one who smells the tracks and listens to cowdung
You mention that water in your wife’s nose is a big problem (or I read it in another post). May I suggest a fairly large volume mask with a good purge valve in front as a counter to that problem.
Also, I think I related that I was diving for three years before ever receiving actual instruction. I was certified LA County in 1963. I really don’t feel that scuba diving is that hazardous, especially if the depth is limited to say 30-40 feet. I was diving rivers and lakes at the time, and shallow.
Take a look at my mask collection below, and note that the larger, tri-window mask by Scubapro in silicone, may be the best for this situation. The mask on the lower left, which is a TUSA “Hyperdry” Imprex, is my wife’s mask and she really likes it.
Finally, I have experience in a number of fear-inducing activities, such as parachute jumping in the U.S. Air Force. My experience was that, even after two weeks of training in parachuting and parachute landing falls (PLFs), it wasn’t the first jump that was producing the most anxiety; it was the third. The first one was almost automatic, the second I started thinking about it after the jump, and the third parachute jump produced the most anxiety before the jump. Then, I survived that third jump, and I was good from then on, and could focus more on jump techniques, how I exited the plane, and the PLF.
Diving may be the same for some as parachuting; it takes some experiences (plural) to become more comfortable with scuba. And, it may not be the first scuba experience that produces the most anxiety. But over time, with more experiences, it becomes routine and does not produce that high level of anxiety.
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Also, I think I related that I was diving for three years before ever receiving actual instruction. I was certified LA County in 1963. I really don’t feel that scuba diving is that hazardous, especially if the depth is limited to say 30-40 feet. I was diving rivers and lakes at the time, and shallow.
Take a look at my mask collection below, and note that the larger, tri-window mask by Scubapro in silicone, may be the best for this situation. The mask on the lower left, which is a TUSA “Hyperdry” Imprex, is my wife’s mask and she really likes it.
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Finally, I have experience in a number of fear-inducing activities, such as parachute jumping in the U.S. Air Force. My experience was that, even after two weeks of training in parachuting and parachute landing falls (PLFs), it wasn’t the first jump that was producing the most anxiety; it was the third. The first one was almost automatic, the second I started thinking about it after the jump, and the third parachute jump produced the most anxiety before the jump. Then, I survived that third jump, and I was good from then on, and could focus more on jump techniques, how I exited the plane, and the PLF.
Diving may be the same for some as parachuting; it takes some experiences (plural) to become more comfortable with scuba. And, it may not be the first scuba experience that produces the most anxiety. But over time, with more experiences, it becomes routine and does not produce that high level of anxiety.
SeaRat
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