not when I've got this big'ol bottle of "Rain-X antifog". That is what I tried to use on my OW check out dives. Thankfully my instructor had me read the back of the bottle, saving my eyes from the torment.
Stupid or embarrassing things you did when you where training?
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rem308
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during my ow class we were doing giant stride entry and forgot what to do with my other hand needless to say the dm was lucky that my weight belt didn't hit him.
socaldiver
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Saw your instructor tonight at the LDS club meeting.
How are things in KS?
Was that giant stride off the Aquatica?
How are things in KS?
Was that giant stride off the Aquatica?
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I just recieved my new BC so took it with me for the OW check out dives.
I had been the topic of conversation because I had all my equipment and was a serious diver I had only missed 2 questions on the final test and was good at all my skills. Never did anything wrong Mr cool.
My regulator set up had a LP hose for my rental BC the same one I used in the pool sessions. Guess what yip the new BC and the borrowed LP hose were incampatible. so used the rental BC to the jeeers of the crowd..
I had been the topic of conversation because I had all my equipment and was a serious diver I had only missed 2 questions on the final test and was good at all my skills. Never did anything wrong Mr cool.
My regulator set up had a LP hose for my rental BC the same one I used in the pool sessions. Guess what yip the new BC and the borrowed LP hose were incampatible. so used the rental BC to the jeeers of the crowd..
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During one of our open water check out dives my buddy and I were instructed to remove our gear in the water and then put it back on. Well we were a mass of flailing arms and hoses....When it was all said and done we were instructed to descend to the bottom where we were going to do some other exercises. My buddy couldn't get under the water, and I sank like a rock straight to the bottom. After about 5 minutes of finning like hell to stay off the bottom and keep up with the group my instructor was seen visibly laughing (I guess you learn that in IT) at us underwater. He motioned for us to surface and then kindly explained that I was wearing my buddys BC with his 30 lbs of weight in it, and he had somehow gotten himself into my womens size small BC with 15 lbs of weight. Hence our bouyancy problems.
Picture this:
It was the first pool session of my OW. I was chest-deep in a small diver-training pool next to my instructor and holding onto the pool-side for dear life. I was wearing ill-fitting rental gear and so over-weighted that the the poorly distributed weights tended to drag me over backwards...so unbalanced that I could hardly stand upright
My instructor coaxed me from the pool edge and we stood face to face in the pool while I explained that my weights weren't right. He reached over to fix my weight belt and his tug on my belt was sufficient to dislodge my footing. I promptly flipped onto my back, -legs towards my instructor- and started to sink. In desperation I grabbed the nearest firm 'land' to keep me above water. The nearest thing was my instructor... and he was nearest to my legs, not my arms.
Here comes the embarrassing bit.
I had grabbed the instructor by wrapping my legs around his hips. I was desperate and held on tight in that some-what provocative position while I thrashed with my arms to grab the pool-side.
We must have looked like an illustration from the water karma sutra.
Normally after these circumstances I would have withdrawn and allowed someone else to become the focus of attention while I recovered my composure. However the poorly-distributed weights were still a problem.
Immediately after I'd got a hand-hold on the pool side, I found myself -once again- in a parody of affection. My instructor stood in front of me and reached his arms around both sides of me to pull weights out of the back of my belt. This required lots of grunting and tugging because the weight belt was under my over-sized BCD.
I experienced this not-unpleasant embrace for a minute-or-so, which ought to have given me time to recover from the karma sutra intimacy. However, I had to endure the gaze of a gaggle of chaperons: over the instructor's shoulder I could see the other students and DM who had been audience to my little performance.
I still blush and feel that stomach-shrinking embarrassment when I remember the occasion.
-bash
It was the first pool session of my OW. I was chest-deep in a small diver-training pool next to my instructor and holding onto the pool-side for dear life. I was wearing ill-fitting rental gear and so over-weighted that the the poorly distributed weights tended to drag me over backwards...so unbalanced that I could hardly stand upright
My instructor coaxed me from the pool edge and we stood face to face in the pool while I explained that my weights weren't right. He reached over to fix my weight belt and his tug on my belt was sufficient to dislodge my footing. I promptly flipped onto my back, -legs towards my instructor- and started to sink. In desperation I grabbed the nearest firm 'land' to keep me above water. The nearest thing was my instructor... and he was nearest to my legs, not my arms.
Here comes the embarrassing bit.
I had grabbed the instructor by wrapping my legs around his hips. I was desperate and held on tight in that some-what provocative position while I thrashed with my arms to grab the pool-side.
We must have looked like an illustration from the water karma sutra.
Normally after these circumstances I would have withdrawn and allowed someone else to become the focus of attention while I recovered my composure. However the poorly-distributed weights were still a problem.
Immediately after I'd got a hand-hold on the pool side, I found myself -once again- in a parody of affection. My instructor stood in front of me and reached his arms around both sides of me to pull weights out of the back of my belt. This required lots of grunting and tugging because the weight belt was under my over-sized BCD.
I experienced this not-unpleasant embrace for a minute-or-so, which ought to have given me time to recover from the karma sutra intimacy. However, I had to endure the gaze of a gaggle of chaperons: over the instructor's shoulder I could see the other students and DM who had been audience to my little performance.
I still blush and feel that stomach-shrinking embarrassment when I remember the occasion.
-bash
Bash, that is funny! I am available for private lessons.
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Oh Bash...That is hilarious! The mental picture alone is priceless 
I think this one wins!
I think this one wins!
socaldiver
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I was thinking the same thing. Heck, I will even travel to the land of Oz. =-)
Ya gotta go with your strong points.
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