Pt. Lobos anyone? May 23rd

[tacohandler]

brian, don't bother. you scare way too easy.

 

[Brian Gilpin]

After being certified I did only tropical dives for a few years. It really is more complicated here and you really do need to have a stronger disposition(more macho?). There are plenty of people,such as my wife, that live here but wont dive here because of the cold and viz.. I dont blame them. Its obvious that zf2nt is very adaptable and has learned the ropes here quickly. Thats great, but diving Monterey can be a rude awakening for some divers.

 

[tacohandler]

yeh, i wish i could get my girl to dive. she hates the cold water too. i too, don't blame her. it is cold!
kevin

 

[Chuck Tribolet]

You don't have to exit Whaler's Cove to get to
intermediate, just get out towards the mouth.

I didn't ask for your resume, I suggested you might get a
better response if you posted it so a potential buddy
might have a better idea of what they were getting
into. I do have a lot of experience: "930 Monterey
dives, 120 in the last year, last dove two weeks ago at
the Farallones, NAUI Advanced card (yawn), Rescue class,
DAN O2 card, Nitrox." is me. But I do dive with
Newbies. As I said, Saturday I'm running a tune-up dive
for Diving Singles at the Breakwater. And I run a
monthly boat dive for the Northern California
Underwater Photographic Society. Sunday, weather
permitting (current forecast says not), we're going to
try for the Farallones again, if not, then probably stick
around the Breakwater area to scout for next week's
California Beach Dive Photo Competition.

When I was a newbie, a coworker took me under his
wing hand helped me get through the first 20 or so
dives. I've said for a long time that what's missing in
American diving is mentoring. The BSAC (British
SubAqua Club) has a very formal program, but there
isn't much here. Clubs, sorta. The PADI pasteboard
program, sorta. But nothing good. So I try to do my
part.

 

[divenut2001]

Hey chuck, if you could read as well as you can sell used cars in the paper, you would have known that I too said, unless you exit the cove it would be novice. In which case if you did, it would be intermediate. The reason we got in this pissing match is because I am looking for a dive buddy for a novice, kick back day of having a good time in the water. I really don't care if someone with no experience wants to dive with me. Nor do I want to dive with someone who thinks they know it all and rookies shouldn't be in there way. By the way you asked me for my resume you seemed to be that type. I bet I'm right. Why wouldn't you just say,"let's go"! Then if you found out that I didn't know jack you could have taught me something. I guess your not that type of person, so I care to dive with your type.
Next zf2nt?-
You may not call diving an extreme sport. And maybe that is a stretch, however I believe it qualifies. If it involves entering the food chain at a lower than the top of the list position, this helps. If it involves the possiblity of drowning unless you have grace under pressure, this also helps me call this sport extreme. If a sport requires your equipment to not fail or you will die, this helps. If you are treating this sport like a round of golf, I hope your students never get into trouble and you need to think and react. I have got a question for you rtd2, what do you call an extreme sport? Another thing, ladies can do extreme sports as well as macho men you jack f#$k. My girlfriend rock climbes and hangs from a rope hundreds of feet off the ground, does that qualify? And she is hot and looks great in a sundress. She would kick your a#s if she read that. I've guided rivers with every type of person you can imagine, so extreme sports which is only for "macho men" is your fantasy.
good day tools
kevin

Chill out dude! There's no need to curse at people or call them names just because their opinions differ from yours. There are skiers like me who enjoy skiing down a groomed path and then there are EXTREME skiers that like jumping off a cliff. Technical & Cave diving are the EXTREME versions of our sport. It is true that recreational diving has it's dangers that we're taught how to deal with in our OW course. And running out of air or having an equipment failure under water is no joke. But as I tell my friends who like to jump out of airplanes, if my equipment fails I can always go back up to the surface. If your's fails you can't get back in the airplane Now I can practically guarantee that you'll have no buddy on Sun if you continue to be hostile so chill out ok. And one more thing, picturing your hot GF in a sundress kicking my a#s kind of excites me Will she be there at Pt. Lobos, I might be able to make it?

 

[BubbaFetta]

... I am looking for a dive buddy for a novice, kick back day of having a good time in the water. I really don't care if someone with no experience wants to dive with me.

Question: If the "good time in the water" turns bad, do you possess the necessary training and experience to rescue your buddy--especially if he/she who is "someone with no experience"? Or do you "really don't care" as well?

You may not call diving an extreme sport. And maybe that is a stretch, however I believe it qualifies. If it involves entering the food chain at a lower than the top of the list position, this helps. If it involves the possiblity of drowning unless you have grace under pressure, this also helps me call this sport extreme. If a sport requires your equipment to not fail or you will die, this helps.

That's a little too dramatic.
Within recreational diving, if your equipment fails, one option is always CESA. You don't just "die." Perhaps your training skipped over that part?

And she is hot and looks great in a sundress. She would kick your a#s if she read that.
kevin

Some of us have matured past the stage where the use of a girlfriend is needed to buttress up personal positions/stances in daily encounters. Others, however...

Regards,
-BubbaFetta

 

[paulwlee]

tacohandler, you seriously need to chill out.
Chuck was just trying to help you get more responses to your offer.
Knowing Chuck from another mailing list (although I've never met him in person) he probably already had dive plans of his own.

Did you recently have a bad experience involving a more experienced diver? Other than that, I can't see why you would immediately become defensive and negative about such an innocuous suggestion. I would think it's common sense to say at least a little about oneself before asking for people who would become your potentially life-saving buddy in an 'extreme sport'.

 

[divenut2001]

If you do manage to find a buddy to dive with you Sun (which I seriously doubt) you can thank the people from Chuck's mailing list for making it a little safer to dive. They just got through pressure washing the entry ramp making it less likely to slip and fall. They are also in the process of installing hand rails to make it easier and safer for divers. All of which was paid for by the people on that list. Now the Ranger in charge wouldn't let just anyone that decided they wanted to do this to go ahead and do it. Being that Chuck and his group are known and respected and have there act together approval was given. By the way, did the buddy that was suppose to dive with you come up with an excuse why they couldn't make it or do you just have trouble finding people that want to dive with you? Hmmmm.

 

[tacohandler]

ok all, im chill. you guys are almost all right. my bad. guess i need to fire some employees and not harp about stupid stuff online. have a good one and be safe.
kevin
ps. yeh, she will be there and enjoy the view.