Humble pie...by the ton! Took the dir tek I from Aug. 12th-16th. None of us passed. I thought I was a 'good' diver. Now I know what a good diver really is. #1 Take the fundamentals class first. Do 25 or so dives till you 'get it right.' Think. Environment;whats my depth? Where am I? What time into the dive is it? Whats my deco?Whats rock bottom time? Turn dive time? Equipment? Hows my gear? Stowed neatly? Whats my psi? Team,wheres my buddie? Is he ok? This all while maintaining perfect trim and bouyancy and practicing S drills,valve drills, out of air emergencies,running line,deploying lift bags. Whew, I'm still thinking it! 1 min. at 10 feet off the bottom. Deco stops 30' for 1 min.,20 feet for 2 min., 10feet for 3 minutes (blew these),while doing the skills! But it was great! Andrew and Dan were right on the mark with their teaching. I have a lot to work on. I did get a lot better and went from wearing 30+ lbs. while dry to wearing a 6lb. back plate in the pond and 16 lbs in the ocean!
The fact that I have nearly 600 ocean dives was secondary (thirdary?) The Gue guys said they often have instructors with thousands of dives who can not do it. Its easy to get sedentary in our skills. They gave me a wake up call and next time I'll be prepared. Environment, Equipment, Team! Argggh,Wake me up!
The fact that I have nearly 600 ocean dives was secondary (thirdary?) The Gue guys said they often have instructors with thousands of dives who can not do it. Its easy to get sedentary in our skills. They gave me a wake up call and next time I'll be prepared. Environment, Equipment, Team! Argggh,Wake me up!