wb416
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Penny, Ken, and I decided we needed to work on some things before we headed up to Osprey for our first wreck dive of the year, so we chose to dive the deep side of Gilboa. This was our first dive together with all three of us using scooters, focused on some meaningful practice.
We dropped in on the semi-trailer, trying to make sure we all went down at the same rate, and after getting some slow ears to equalize, we gathered at the top of the trailer (approx 100ft) and started tooling around. I was leading out, with Ken in the middle, and Penny bringing up the rear. Ken's HID light is out for repair, so the idea was to put him in the middle.
However, I realized I don't have much experience diving in 3 person scooter teams, so trying to keep track of two other scooters proved to be "gas consuming". Somewhere in the midst of a modified barrel roll to see where everyone was, I kinda lost track of the direction I was heading and led them off on some unintentional sight seeing at a depth of 110 and 120ft deep. Not a great depth to be burning through the bottom time. At some point Ken figured out that I'd lost track of where we were in the deep in, and signaled to head back a different direction. There was nothing to lose, so we followed him for a while. I couldn't believe how far off I'd gotten us! What can I say??
We have some kinks to work out, but all in all, it was a great day for flying around and enjoying the scooters. Penny hardly used any gas 'cause she was so relaxed, having so much fun. However, I understand that the huge grin on her face had her mask leaking constantly!
When we surfaced, there was snow coming down, and it was getting heavier.
Air temp started out at about 42F when we arrived around Noon at the quarry, and shot down to around 33F by the time we pulled out. Water temp at depth was around 40F, and there was a perceptible thermocline above the 70ft platform.
Had a great time!!
We dropped in on the semi-trailer, trying to make sure we all went down at the same rate, and after getting some slow ears to equalize, we gathered at the top of the trailer (approx 100ft) and started tooling around. I was leading out, with Ken in the middle, and Penny bringing up the rear. Ken's HID light is out for repair, so the idea was to put him in the middle.
However, I realized I don't have much experience diving in 3 person scooter teams, so trying to keep track of two other scooters proved to be "gas consuming". Somewhere in the midst of a modified barrel roll to see where everyone was, I kinda lost track of the direction I was heading and led them off on some unintentional sight seeing at a depth of 110 and 120ft deep. Not a great depth to be burning through the bottom time. At some point Ken figured out that I'd lost track of where we were in the deep in, and signaled to head back a different direction. There was nothing to lose, so we followed him for a while. I couldn't believe how far off I'd gotten us! What can I say??
We have some kinks to work out, but all in all, it was a great day for flying around and enjoying the scooters. Penny hardly used any gas 'cause she was so relaxed, having so much fun. However, I understand that the huge grin on her face had her mask leaking constantly!
When we surfaced, there was snow coming down, and it was getting heavier.
Air temp started out at about 42F when we arrived around Noon at the quarry, and shot down to around 33F by the time we pulled out. Water temp at depth was around 40F, and there was a perceptible thermocline above the 70ft platform.
Had a great time!!
I haven't heard that anyone actually died because of QD failure. Even, I have seen many tech divers who are exclusively using QD option. 
