I remember last year doing underwater disco on the 85' platform to the music. It was really cool! That's a nice feature they have there. I thought by the web site that Pennyroyal was closed on Wed., but they may have been open for some other reason.
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We planned our trip to hit Mermet Tuesday, as PR is closed M-T, and Mermet is closed on Wednesday. Of course, we almost had to rework our plan when we got to PR at 10:10am, and it was shut up tight. We waited until 10:30, headed back to the hotel (a whole 3 minutes away) to check the website just in case we'd made a mistake and call the cell phone numbers listed... turns out that the guy in charge that day almost got into an accident and was running late.
Hey, tstormwarning, have fun diving at PR today! Give us report when you get back!
Hey, tstormwarning, have fun diving at PR today! Give us report when you get back!
Indiana Girl:
Well, it wasn't very pretty, especially on the first dive, the second was better, but still very rough.I'm sure most of my problems have been met by most, if not everyone when they dove doubles for the first time. The first dive was short & not a good one for me. We decided to drop down on the Blue Dolphin. Not being at all familiar with doubles, I struggled a bit to balance them & also was sinking like a rock, while at the same time trying to inflate wings, drysuit & clear my ears. All in all I became rather overloaded with all the things going on. Just as I reached near the bottom at 89', my breathing got very rapid & was quickly developing into hyperventilation. Unable to get my breathing under control, I made the decision to abort the dive & start to ascend. Both Cave 243 & OPD 224 (from evvscuba.com) were very patient with my problems & understood why I called the dive. I decided to sit out for a few hours before trying another dive, so the guys decided to make a dive with Larry (as he was down there to get in a couple of dives). Shortly after their dives, I decided to go on a shallow dive. Both of the guys & Anthony went with me (not like I'd go by myself). we swam along the wall at 20', played in the horizontal tube & then went & putted around the RV. I started to get some control of my buoyancy & worked on some hovering. The bad point were I was trying to use my hands WAAAAY too much. It seemed like one moment I was leaning to the left, then the right, then I was nose diving, then head was too high. I'm sure I was quite a sight to the guys. I was told, that even though I felt like I kept trying to invert, I was actually swimming at about a 45 degree angle (I seem to remember this same feeling when I was learning to dive my drysuit ). I blew through my air like it was nothing, but since the fact I was working so hard to get myself straightened out & working against myself swimming, it's no wonder the air went so fast. I handled the tank on land better than I thought, but have bodacious bruises on my shoulders. This Padawan has very much to learn......
,but I'm no where near quitting, yet.
Land Locked
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I feel your pain Tammy. I jumped right into doubles and a dry suit about the same. My first dive I was over weighted and head heavy, when I dumped my wing I went shooting to the bottom head first putting blasts of air into the wing. Never did slow down till I hit bottom. Then being over weighted and having air in my wing, which I'm not used to needing, your fighting that bubble of air moving back and forth making it near impossible to maintain good trim. Give it a few more dives, dropping weight as you go, you'll find that balance again! It's just like starting over, welcome to the, "Noob second time around," club!
You certainly aren't kidding about that point, Chris.
roadkils
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Tammy,
Please do not take this the wrong way. Jumping in with a new set up doubles and going deep is a recipe for disaster. Task loading which you found out can get you into serious trouble. Might I suggest that you get a bunch of shallow dives under your belt before you venture back into the deep waters. Practice extremely slow ascent/descents, try maintaining perfect buoyancy in 5’ or 10’ of water, practice mask remove/replace drills while maintaining perfect buoyancy, practice OOA drills, practice valve drills where they become muscle memory, and practice CG drills. Once you are extremely comfortable with these skills then move on. Since you are in the middle of Adv Nitrox, clip on a stage and get used to having that extra piece of gear with you. Like I said, please don’t take this the wrong way, I just hate reading about someone who jumps in with a new set of doubles, over-taskloads themselves and hyperventilates on a deep dive. Get used to your new gear. I wish you the best on your new diving adventures.
Best,
Dwight
Please do not take this the wrong way. Jumping in with a new set up doubles and going deep is a recipe for disaster. Task loading which you found out can get you into serious trouble. Might I suggest that you get a bunch of shallow dives under your belt before you venture back into the deep waters. Practice extremely slow ascent/descents, try maintaining perfect buoyancy in 5’ or 10’ of water, practice mask remove/replace drills while maintaining perfect buoyancy, practice OOA drills, practice valve drills where they become muscle memory, and practice CG drills. Once you are extremely comfortable with these skills then move on. Since you are in the middle of Adv Nitrox, clip on a stage and get used to having that extra piece of gear with you. Like I said, please don’t take this the wrong way, I just hate reading about someone who jumps in with a new set of doubles, over-taskloads themselves and hyperventilates on a deep dive. Get used to your new gear. I wish you the best on your new diving adventures.
Best,
Dwight
Dwight,
Don't worry I am not going to take it the wrong way. You're absolutely right & I learned it the hard way. Yes, It was very poor planning to have done that, I'll certainly take my lumps on that:shakehead . I will definitely stick to the shallows & practice for quite a while. Thanks for the concern . I really do appreciate it. I should have known better:no , but would have never guessed at having that much trouble. Lesson learned..... baby steps from now on.
Don't worry I am not going to take it the wrong way. You're absolutely right & I learned it the hard way. Yes, It was very poor planning to have done that, I'll certainly take my lumps on that:shakehead . I will definitely stick to the shallows & practice for quite a while. Thanks for the concern
. I really do appreciate it. I should have known better:no , but would have never guessed at having that much trouble. Lesson learned..... baby steps from now on.
roadkils
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Tammy,
Keep us updated on your progress.
Best of luck!
Dwight
Keep us updated on your progress.
Best of luck!
Dwight
Will do!
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