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- I just don't log dives
So when i first started into solo diving. I was living and diving in a place where almost all the people I know not only didn't talk about it, but actively chastised people for doing it.
As a result, I didn't say anything to anyone except my closest dive buddies that I was solo diving. However, I didn't want to lost track of my solo diving, so i hid it away in a secret log book to help keep track of my time underwater. I really didn't like hiding it, and this was before i really spent much time researching it on the internet, and found internet forums which helped me out immensely, and moved to a place where it was not only accepted, it was the norm.
Some Context: So in my secret solo log book I have 50ish hours of dive time logged and in my real log book i have around 60-70 hours logged. I tend to count time underwater rather than number of dives, as I find that dive number can be a poor indicator of the underwater experience someone has, I am sure this is a point that may be argued, but not the point of this thread.
Anyway... To the embarrassing part. I was up at 3 am one morning getting ready to start a long day and was at about coffee number 4 at 5am and still not really awake, sort of at that zombie state of awake, where i could respond to commands and communicate in grunts and groans. Anyway, while getting ready to work on the water for the day I spilled coffee all over my log book. Needless to say my log book was ruined, and I cried a little groaning zombie cry. This has led me to do a couple of things and a question to ask of all you solo people that log your dives
Lessons learned:
1) I am from this day forward only using rite-in-the-rain paper or plastic paper for my log book sheets
Question to all you solo guys:
1) Would you have done (or do) as I did and keep a separate logbook for solo dives if living in a place where it was chastised?
2) I now am stuck with half my log book gone, and need to rewrite it. I wouldn't even care normally, but I am doing an tech specialty instructor course in a few days and need to rewrite my log book for proof of dives, which is a lame requirement that I was told is necessary.
So now what do I do? Keep my solo journal separate, or combine the two into a full log book.?
I have grown a much thicker skin now and I don't really care about the chastising like I used to, and I live where solo diving is accepted, so it seems like if i gotta rewrite the damn thing from my excel backup, then i might as well keep it all in the same place.
So what would you do?
thanks for the help.
-- nielsent
As a result, I didn't say anything to anyone except my closest dive buddies that I was solo diving. However, I didn't want to lost track of my solo diving, so i hid it away in a secret log book to help keep track of my time underwater. I really didn't like hiding it, and this was before i really spent much time researching it on the internet, and found internet forums which helped me out immensely, and moved to a place where it was not only accepted, it was the norm.
Some Context: So in my secret solo log book I have 50ish hours of dive time logged and in my real log book i have around 60-70 hours logged. I tend to count time underwater rather than number of dives, as I find that dive number can be a poor indicator of the underwater experience someone has, I am sure this is a point that may be argued, but not the point of this thread.
Anyway... To the embarrassing part. I was up at 3 am one morning getting ready to start a long day and was at about coffee number 4 at 5am and still not really awake, sort of at that zombie state of awake, where i could respond to commands and communicate in grunts and groans. Anyway, while getting ready to work on the water for the day I spilled coffee all over my log book. Needless to say my log book was ruined, and I cried a little groaning zombie cry. This has led me to do a couple of things and a question to ask of all you solo people that log your dives
Lessons learned:
1) I am from this day forward only using rite-in-the-rain paper or plastic paper for my log book sheets
Question to all you solo guys:
1) Would you have done (or do) as I did and keep a separate logbook for solo dives if living in a place where it was chastised?
2) I now am stuck with half my log book gone, and need to rewrite it. I wouldn't even care normally, but I am doing an tech specialty instructor course in a few days and need to rewrite my log book for proof of dives, which is a lame requirement that I was told is necessary.
So now what do I do? Keep my solo journal separate, or combine the two into a full log book.?
I have grown a much thicker skin now and I don't really care about the chastising like I used to, and I live where solo diving is accepted, so it seems like if i gotta rewrite the damn thing from my excel backup, then i might as well keep it all in the same place.
So what would you do?
thanks for the help.
-- nielsent