Dody
Contributor
After 9 months stuck in Cape Verde, I went back to Europe. Of course, I spent a small fortune buying diving gear: new wetsuit with hood, new BCD, new mask, gloves, knives, flashlights, SMB and of course against all advices, I used them all at once for my next dive.
Lessons learnt: you can’t fix your mask with gloves the first time. I used to dive with 5kg lead. With a new wetsuit, 7 were barely enough. I had trouble descending and could not hold my 5 meters safety stop at the end of the dive.
Over my 60+ dives, I have got used to the purge valve rather than the LPI. Well, not so easy with gloves.
Last, the hood protects you from heat loss but I hate it.
Overall, I felt like I was a newbie diver again. I ****** up.
Lessons learnt: you can’t fix your mask with gloves the first time. I used to dive with 5kg lead. With a new wetsuit, 7 were barely enough. I had trouble descending and could not hold my 5 meters safety stop at the end of the dive.
Over my 60+ dives, I have got used to the purge valve rather than the LPI. Well, not so easy with gloves.
Last, the hood protects you from heat loss but I hate it.
Overall, I felt like I was a newbie diver again. I ****** up.