Oriskany Dive Report – March 9, 2007

[Leejnd]

Thanks! I've blanked the dork from my consciousness and will continue to enjoy this thread. I do hope to get back to the Oriskany soon, hopefully this summer.

 

[BRANDY]

Dont go Lee!
You can rescue me anyday!

 

[Leejnd]

Well who could turn down an invitation like that!

 

[Oriskany Divemaster]

Hey, LeeAnne I just found this...Thanks for the props! You did a great job underwater, and it was a pleasure diving with you. You're always welcomed back.

 

[Leejnd]

Hey Eric, nice to see you here! (Ignore the little thread detour...)

Anyway, I just finished watching the Discovery Channel show on sinking the Oriskany...and I have CHILLS! Chills, I tell you! It was SO cool to see the things that I saw down below, while they were still up above. And what a massive job that was...I had no idea. AWESOME show!

 

[PerroneFord]

I need to dive the O again. My time was way too short on her the first time. I swore I'd be on mix before I went back, but I might have to forgo that.

Darny you LeeAnn for this foul temptation!

 

[TSandM]

Thanks for the well-written and vivid report. Diving the Oriskany is something on my husband's must-do list, and I'll make sure he's read your report.

 

[JayJudge]

Great report. Don't let negative nancy's bother you, in any society there are many, usually called armchair quarterbacks. But, don't confuse DIR and tech diving. Many people cringe one way or the other when referred to by the wrong term. Just as there are different techniques in diving, like going inside a wreck as opposed to a cave- the thought of leaving a stage bottle anywhere on a wreck springs to mind, or diving somewhere that has vis to a place where your buddy disappears 3 feet from you. It sounds like you had a great time, we hope to have as much fun. I wish I could even write half as detailed of reports on some of my runs, but the gift of writing eludes me. BTW, there are 2 forms of penetration, within and out of the light zone. Within is taught by PADI, etc. More advanced requires much, much more training to do safely, specific to the environment. If you liked the 'swim throughs', take a course on it, as there are many techniques and ideas to use.
-Jay

 

[Rick Murchison]

... We did a safety stop on the anchor line, entertained by some very strange sort of jellyfish-like creatures that looked like long, transparent-white scarves with a jumble of dots in the middle, undulating through the water around us....

The planktonic show is always wonderful there... what you describe may have been one of several critters called a "Venus' Girdle" or "Venus' Belt,"

or perhaps one of the many pelagic tunicates that frequent these waters...

Thanks for your report,
Rick

 

[Rick Murchison]

This post should be pasted in the thread about the SG. With 58 dives someone is an expert, confident that she can rescue a new diver @100' - scary. I guess at 100 dives you'll be ready to do some serious penetration. The thing about SCUBA is that anyone can to do it (all you do is swim and breath) until something goes wrong, and lots of people don't realize they have no skills untill it's too late. :shakehead

There's a reason why so many new divers leave the sport after a couple of years and a big part of is that they have a real close call and don't want to play anymore. Of course, some of them just end up dead.

Unreal

Methinks you misinterpret her position... which was nothing more than "I think I could look out for myself if the DM had to pay attention to the inexperienced diver."
I think that's a reasonable - indeed necessary - position for any diver to take.
Rick