Thanks! But, if I wasn't such a bonehead sometimes, it wouldn't have been necessary....
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Thanks! But, if I wasn't such a bonehead sometimes, it wouldn't have been necessary....
Alexandria Bay is far for me. That's one of the reasons why I haven't tried to schedule anything with you, yet.
Dutch is feasible for me and I would come to that, schedule permitting.
@CAPTAIN SINBAD. Paging, Captain Sinbad....
I could do 2 of them. One in Alex Bay and one down at that quarry in VA Keanu Reeves was in during the filming of the U/W scenes in "The Replacements." Or, NC for wrecks. 
Charred
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Both?
I could do 2 of them. One in Alex Bay and one down at that quarry in VA Keanu Reeves was in during the filming of the U/W scenes in "The Replacements." Or, NC for wrecks.
I had to look that up. It's Lake Phoenix (formerly, Lake Rawlings). The article that mentioned being in The Replacements also said the Lake Rawlings is rated as one of the top 50 best dives sites in the U.S.. BWAahahahahaaaa!!! That is INDEED a joke! There's 50 better dive sites in FL!
Anyway, I'll PM you.
DiverDownD3
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I could do 2 of them. One in Alex Bay and one down at that quarry in VA Keanu Reeves was in during the filming of the U/W scenes in "The Replacements." Or, NC for wrecks.
If you do a workshop in NC, I would definitely be interested
beester
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I started looking into GUE when there were still quite a lot of "pillar munchers" around in my neck of the wood. People who would blast you for not having the correct knot used for tying off a boltsnap to a manometer or longhose. (about 10 years ago)... put me off taking fundies for a year.
When I finally did take fundies the instructor was a very relaxed German who put everything in perspective... fundies was on air, because it was logistically speaking easier. It seems to me that people fresh out of a GUE base course like fundies drank the coolaid and become converts. As with religion, newly converts can be extreme in their view of "scripture".
Talking again to my old fundies instructor years and years later, he joked to me saying... maybe it's best to tell those fresh fundies students not to talk about GUE for the first couple of months... Let them get settled and lose some of that newly convert eagerness. I'm the project manager of a GUE-BE project on the north sea were we are documenting an protected wreck (photo but also 3D photogrammetry, measuring, fauna, and others). I've invited a non GUE diver onboard who happens to be an underwater archeologist who did years worth of research on this wreck. I was so bloody happy to literally get him onboard, He's a very very good diver with a lot of professional experience, ... still I got a remark of one of our newer GUE divers stating, what is he doing onboard, he's not a GUE diver. Well... let me just state that my reaction to him was not very very pleasant.
I don't know why this still happens from time to time...I'm also not sure that this is something unique to GUE... but I digress.
When I finally did take fundies the instructor was a very relaxed German who put everything in perspective... fundies was on air, because it was logistically speaking easier. It seems to me that people fresh out of a GUE base course like fundies drank the coolaid and become converts. As with religion, newly converts can be extreme in their view of "scripture".
Talking again to my old fundies instructor years and years later, he joked to me saying... maybe it's best to tell those fresh fundies students not to talk about GUE for the first couple of months... Let them get settled and lose some of that newly convert eagerness. I'm the project manager of a GUE-BE project on the north sea were we are documenting an protected wreck (photo but also 3D photogrammetry, measuring, fauna, and others). I've invited a non GUE diver onboard who happens to be an underwater archeologist who did years worth of research on this wreck. I was so bloody happy to literally get him onboard, He's a very very good diver with a lot of professional experience, ... still I got a remark of one of our newer GUE divers stating, what is he doing onboard, he's not a GUE diver. Well... let me just state that my reaction to him was not very very pleasant.
I don't know why this still happens from time to time...I'm also not sure that this is something unique to GUE... but I digress.
gobuyastick
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I personally haven't run into the situation you described above but I think you're absolutely right, there's alot of new GUE fundies graduates that have enormous egos and just constantly look to feed into it more. It's a shame since other divers will associate GUE with those arrogant people. An individual who has a sense of humility, and seeks to learn from other divers regardless of what their cert card says, is the type of diver one should strive to be.
Michael Guerrero
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Get a pool, an underwater video camera, and practice. That's what I did and it worked well. A big part of good trim is learning to manage the bubble in your wing and having your weight relatively balanced around you so that your head and feet are in balance, and your left to right is also balanced out somewhat.
I'd do more work on my own with a camera and a pool before I spent a bunch of money on a class. And if you have a dive buddy with good trim you should work with them.
I'd do more work on my own with a camera and a pool before I spent a bunch of money on a class. And if you have a dive buddy with good trim you should work with them.
I did Fundies in single tank to achieve what you're looking for and was pleased with the outcome. I was already diving BP/W and long hose but for logistical reasons I haven't dived with Sydney's GUE crew since Fundies, so no cool-aid for me! I'm only a relatively novice diving (167 dives) who doesn't get out as much as I like and who certainly feels like I have a lot to learn, but it was after Fundies that people would ask 'where did you learn to do that?'
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