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What are the three biggest issues you have with diving?
(examples: Dive logs, buoyancy, tank certifications)
(examples: Dive logs, buoyancy, tank certifications)
What are the three biggest issues you have with diving?
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Location, location, location. So I moved. 
jord1990
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The cold between dives, that's why I'm getting a drysuit.
Edit--
2. Not having a regular buddy.
3. Not having a car (all your gear can be heavy to move around on a bicycle)
Edit--
2. Not having a regular buddy.
3. Not having a car (all your gear can be heavy to move around on a bicycle)
Washing gear. Saturday recreational gear, sunday technical gear. Every weekend. I need as scuba maid.
My hair. I need a crew cut, but im married to a cave man who would be very very sad.
Cant think of a third.
My hair. I need a crew cut, but im married to a cave man who would be very very sad.
Cant think of a third.
Staying warm (which is why my exposure protection is in constant flux). Managing heavy gear on land (climbing ladders and hills, negotiating rough entries and exits). And staying on top of maintenance of a MOUNTAIN of dive gear.
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1. Managing my bladder (medical problem).
2. Having to settle for relatively boring close to home dive sites vs. driving 4 hrs. round trip to Halifax area.
3. Dealing with 7 mil wetsuit pants-- on and off -- now do it when already wet.
Oh, sorry--forgot two big ones. Finding a buddy on the FL panhandle Jan.-March so I feel comfortable doing deeper shore dives ("It's too cccccold"......) and my favourite: Locating dive ops in the Caribbean (and at times NW FL) that allow collecting live shells (not munitions...) from their boats--but everyone knows about that one.
2. Having to settle for relatively boring close to home dive sites vs. driving 4 hrs. round trip to Halifax area.
3. Dealing with 7 mil wetsuit pants-- on and off -- now do it when already wet.
Oh, sorry--forgot two big ones. Finding a buddy on the FL panhandle Jan.-March so I feel comfortable doing deeper shore dives ("It's too cccccold"......) and my favourite: Locating dive ops in the Caribbean (and at times NW FL) that allow collecting live shells (not munitions...) from their boats--but everyone knows about that one.
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Staying warm-got a drysuit and working on getting warmer and warmer undergarments. Bouyancy-took a long time to figure out the BC didn't fit and was leaking. I was basically diving without a BC for a long time without realizing it. Plus, it was slopping all over the place, causing my tank to roll all over my back. When I switched to a BP/wing, I couldn't believe the difference. Much better, after 16 years of a very bad, poor fitting and underpowered BC. It was an amazing change to my diving.
Lights. I can't believe how much difference a nice can light with a focused beam is. Communication, and being able to hold the light without having to "hold" the light. What a difference!
Now, when I master the she-pee, my diving will be complete!
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I really can't believe you haven't gone dry,though, in Nova Scotia! 7 ml, yuck. I did the 14 ml thing back in 97-98. Never again!
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Lights. I can't believe how much difference a nice can light with a focused beam is. Communication, and being able to hold the light without having to "hold" the light. What a difference!
Now, when I master the she-pee, my diving will be complete!
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Have you tried a skin to get those 7 ml pants to glide on and off? I'd never dive wet, even with a 3 ml, without a skin.
I really can't believe you haven't gone dry,though, in Nova Scotia! 7 ml, yuck. I did the 14 ml thing back in 97-98. Never again!
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I have a very large dog who is capable of hauling gear. Have you tried a pack animal?
jord1990
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1. I have to work to pay for diving
2. Work gets in the way of diving
Therefore ...
3. I do not get to dive as often as I would like!!!
😄😄
Ok perhaps more seriously...
1. Levity aside, geography is an issue. I drive about 10 hours most weekends to get to cave country. The good news is, it's that close, the bad news is, it's still 5 hours twice a week.
2. Keeping track of what is where... Between two homes, a dive locker, and two vehicles (mine and my bf's), I am sometimes not sure where certain items are currently residing.
3. Funding time for the regular (every 4-6 weeks) maintenance work for the she-p
2. Work gets in the way of diving
Therefore ...
3. I do not get to dive as often as I would like!!!
😄😄
Ok perhaps more seriously...
1. Levity aside, geography is an issue. I drive about 10 hours most weekends to get to cave country. The good news is, it's that close, the bad news is, it's still 5 hours twice a week.
2. Keeping track of what is where... Between two homes, a dive locker, and two vehicles (mine and my bf's), I am sometimes not sure where certain items are currently residing.
3. Funding time for the regular (every 4-6 weeks) maintenance work for the she-p
drrich2
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1.) The time off & money it takes to go on the warm water ocean trips I favor.
2.) SAC envy toward small, skinny people who think 90 minute dives on 80 cf tanks is 'normal.'
3.) Trying to placate other needs (my wife has this bizarre notion that vacations aren't all about diving; I love her anyway...). Last trip she even wished out old friend (my favorite dive buddy) was along, since he would 'make me do more things with the rest' (I guess when an introverted only child marries a youngest of 5 & the only girl, you run into these issues).
Richard.
2.) SAC envy toward small, skinny people who think 90 minute dives on 80 cf tanks is 'normal.'
3.) Trying to placate other needs (my wife has this bizarre notion that vacations aren't all about diving; I love her anyway...). Last trip she even wished out old friend (my favorite dive buddy) was along, since he would 'make me do more things with the rest' (I guess when an introverted only child marries a youngest of 5 & the only girl, you run into these issues).
Richard.
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