Finally got qualified

[Ian Wigg]

Hooray !!! At last, I finally got my Club Diver certification today. Nothing can stop me now - Sports diver here I come.

 

[dlegros]

Well done - welcome to the wet world, may you wallet be deep enough to support you

Dom

 

[Ian Wigg]

Thankfully the wallet has already suffered most of the pain, virtually nothing left to buy (I know that's famous last words!!)

 

[dlegros]

Ian Wigg once bubbled...
Thankfully the wallet has already suffered most of the pain, virtually nothing left to buy (I know that's famous last words!!)

ROFL! - You are young, but you will learn

Dom

 

[Conor]

Congratualtions Ian, sorry your club made it take so long

 

[SOUTH DEVON]

Congratulations from another Englander

 

[Ian Wigg]

I will say one thing for the club. Whilst it took a ridiculous time to get certified, at least I wasn't treated like a novice in the sense that, as long as it was within my depth limit (i.e 20m) and someone suiytably qualified was available, I could go on any dive going so I've racked up a reasonably varied bunch of dives in pretty well all conditions. I've been drysuit qualified for nearly a year, dive a bp/wing with both single and twin 10's, and am quite happy with both smb and dsmb. If there hadn't been such a massive delay for the first half of my training I'd have been Sports Diver by now.

TDI Nitrox course next week and Sports Diver by Christmas !!!

 

[Conor]

Good point, its the diving and experience that counts not the qualifications.

Though it must be good to know that you can now dive away from the club

 

[Ian Wigg]

Precisely.

Hopefully I can get wet with some of you guys now.

 

[budgy]

Congratulations, I think that pro training is best, not because the training is difficult, but its often hard to find someone qualified, who is prepared to spend what little leisure time they have for O/W diving, devoting time training and assessing someone else.