Greeting from another Central PA person. Diving around here is on the colder side for a good bit of the year. If you are going to buy a custom suit (wet or dry) because of your odd size, a drysuit would be the better choice. But since you have not made any dives yet, I would recommend doing you checkout dives and see if you like diving in the quarries before investing in a custom suit (either one). Since it is custom, you will have a near impossible time selling it if you decide quarry diving isn't for you. That said, not everybody enjoys diving around here. It is not the Carribean, there are no colorful animals, etc. So some people like to dive, but only decide to do warm water diving. Which if you fall into this class, a custom dry/wet suit isn't worth the expense. Others love to do the quarries for various reasons (training, socializing, etc), so a custom suit would be well worth it. When I got my wife certified a few years ago, she used rental gear which didn't fit too good. It does make it a little harder/less comfortable to do the dives. BUt I told her if she really liked it, then we would go out and get her equipment that fit. Today we are both finishing our DM's with custom drysuits. So you can have people in both ends of the spectrum.
If you want/need any other advice feel free to PM.
Jeff
the friendliest! 
don 
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