Ok, i wont get into details of too much of the diving, not a full report again, just in case i accidentally put my foot in it somehow and start another war!
We had a couple of dives, managed some decent air shares with and without light, entanglement drill, lost diver drill, cut line drill and we were going to do the lost line, but i dont know quite what happened to me there. I have dived without my mask quite a few times for periods - on purpose, but something about knowing i had find the line, swap out masks to the "silver fickle mask of fate" and knowing i wouldnt see jack - just flipped a switch and i wasnt comfortable with that idea, so called the dive. I have no idea what happened. Conditions were good, viz was at least 80ft inside the cavern, outside a little less, we didnt even reach the reaper sign, and could see the exit plainly throughout (except with eyes closed of course
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It was great to see the others there, we wish we could have gotten another dive in and polished off the lost line, surfacing unconcious diver, more air sharing drills and the like in - i think that is all we didnt complete. We managed around 2 hours in the shallows of that cavern, but the frustration at times did use our air up a little - but not substantially so.
It was good to see Ben again, and to see how Rick, Fred and myself didnt try to take him out above or below water! We also had cameo's from P2 and Peter and the Fool showed up finally after taking a scenic trip to Peacock via Chiefland and at least got one dive in.
Rick - We should be up for finishing up the course either of the weekends in sept we discussed, depending on sprog dropping date. Also might be free next weekend if the SE coast is blown out by the hurricane that is around, but will know that later in the week - should have 2-3 days notice or so for any of those weekends though!
Great to see you all, even if it was a busy car park today.
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