Giving a talk, and I need some help
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The presentation went well with, of course, a few glitches here and there (you can't find good help these days and I didn't get pictures running on cue!). I was concerned that her voice wouldn't carry to the back of the room but evidently it did since people in the back were asking relevant questions.
The key to how it went was that people kept asking questions and we ended up with a general discussion of Cenote Diving and how to do it -- AND there was a general discussion of why the skills learned translated to our local, Puget Sound, diving.
Good job Lynne.
The key to how it went was that people kept asking questions and we ended up with a general discussion of Cenote Diving and how to do it -- AND there was a general discussion of why the skills learned translated to our local, Puget Sound, diving.
Good job Lynne.
OP
No video. It was hard enough to get people from the audience to get up and participate in my little "interactive" scenarios!
But pictures I have, courtesy of John Sanders:
But pictures I have, courtesy of John Sanders:
scubagoldmc
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Oh darn, no video. Glad it went well.
Planning on diving with you in Sept.
Mike
Planning on diving with you in Sept.
Mike
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Well, I framed the talk with a narrative of my Blue Abyss dive in MX. When I showed pictures of the stairs getting down to the water, I had one of the smaller women in the audience come up and get into my doubles and walk around in them a little, to show it could be done, and then I showed some differences about how the gear's set up and talked about streamlining and how nasty line is.
Then I showed some pictures going into the cave, talked about the five safety rules, and had somebody come up and run guideline on some chairs and then follow it blind.
More pictures, and a slide on hazards of cave diving, and I talked about redundancy and lights, showed how my can light worked, and then talked about silt and had somebody lie down and practice frog kicking.
Then I showed THIS video of the passage we dove (which isn't a video of us, but it's the same part of the cave). Throughout, I was showing some of Nick Ambrose's pictures (of which I have more than what he has on that site) which he shot during our dive.
Then I talked about training sequences, and about doing cenote tours if you're intrigued but unsure. And then I showed the slide of me, looking totally drugged out with absolute amazement and delight at the Blue Abyss.
It went pretty well, although the audience didn't get into the interactive parts as much as I'd hoped.
Then I showed some pictures going into the cave, talked about the five safety rules, and had somebody come up and run guideline on some chairs and then follow it blind.
More pictures, and a slide on hazards of cave diving, and I talked about redundancy and lights, showed how my can light worked, and then talked about silt and had somebody lie down and practice frog kicking.
Then I showed THIS video of the passage we dove (which isn't a video of us, but it's the same part of the cave). Throughout, I was showing some of Nick Ambrose's pictures (of which I have more than what he has on that site) which he shot during our dive.
Then I talked about training sequences, and about doing cenote tours if you're intrigued but unsure. And then I showed the slide of me, looking totally drugged out with absolute amazement and delight at the Blue Abyss.
It went pretty well, although the audience didn't get into the interactive parts as much as I'd hoped.
limeyx
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Glad the talk went well lynne!
AbyssalPlains
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I wish I could be at your talk! What a great opportunity to hear first-hand about cave diving from someone who is passionate about it. As a non-cave diver, I have thought about it but not pursued it at this point, since I don't live in a place with caves. What would interest me is whether you actually see aquatic life in caves. The pictures and videos I have seen for sure show the barren beauty of caves, but one of the hesitations I have is a little bit along the way of, "How different are they really?" The uninitiated among us might think that once you've seen a couple of caves, you've seen them all. Your talk would be a great opportunity to convince us otherwise, to spark the excitement. Don't get me wrong, of course I am not suggesting that caves don't have special beauty to them, but I guess what I'm trying to say is "Is that worth risking your life for?" I have seen my share of dry caves, and yes, they were beautiful to wander through, but I'm not sure I would risk my life and get into all this dedication and training just to see the same stuff, only flooded. To me, the biggest appeal about diving is that the underwater realm is a world entirely different from dry land, and the same goes for the creatures, which are alien and wonderful. At this point where I have only thought about cave diving, the bigger appeal might lie in the continuing education aspect, becoming a better diver. Am I just a cave curmudgeon or can you convince me otherwise?
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