What Scares You The Most?

[Tanker299]

that's why I bring the slate. I WILL be the last to speak.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

That is too funny ... not to take away from Storm's incident of course :no

 

[Gary D.]

Stray electricity is at the top of my list.

Gary D.

 

[wilkie]

Like be the best solo diver you can be so that when your buddy drops the ball you stand a better chance of surviving.

*********g A Bubba!

 

[CJ Waid]

OK, I will admitt it, I am affraid of Goby's.

I am also affraid that people will know when I am peeing in my wetsuit.

 

[dive_lover88]

no doubt props and trigger fishes(crappy buggers).

 

[carldarl]

Having either of my kids as my buddy and having to live with not being able to "save" me in a medical/diving incident.

 

[Berdman]

OK, I will admitt it, I am affraid of Goby's.

I am also affraid that people will know when I am peeing in my wetsuit.

I just think that if i peed id be swimming in my pee probaly for the rest of the dive since water doesnt flow great threw wetsuits!!! That would just ruin it for me

 

[danktex]

I just think that if i peed id be swimming in my pee probaly for the rest of the dive since water doesnt flow great threw wetsuits!!! That would just ruin it for me

That's why you flush.

 

[Storm]

I sure hope you both got your issues together after that dive!

We fast tracked from our OW straight (back to back weekends) to our AOW (It was stupid and arrogant of us...two faults we would,like to think we've put behind us)...it was on our "deep dive". We spent the off season, evaluatiing the errors of that dive, spent hours in the pool working out skills, found some very experieinced tech divers, and mentored under them learning both REAL gas and dive planning, then spent this season working our way back to a comfort level. Without sounding melodramitic, it WAS a rough road back to regaining our confidence and comfort, but we're back. A lot more humble, and eager to learn. We are now more cautious, patient, and despite what we call THAT dive, are committed to the sport and have developed into much better divers as a result.

Storm; did you get something out of that experience that you can "keep", to make you a better diver?

You want the full list or the abridged version....our post dive analysis note runs about fifteen pages.

Here's the short list... in priority

1. Trust no DI/DM or experieince diver when they say "trust me you'll be fine"
2. Always objectively evaluate each and every dive against your actually skills, not you're own preceived skills....if you even think for a moment you're not prepared for a dive...thumb it. (it's not worth dying over)
3. Plan your dive and dive your plan...no matter what (barring emergencies of course).
4. This is a sport that requires vigilance and continual improvement. The minute you get complacent, you open yourself up to get stung.
5. There is so much more to diving than taking a few courses, and splashing around in a pool and in shallow water can teach.
6. When you start to think you're done learning, its' time to hang up the gear...permanently.. you donlt have the right attitude...there is always something unique to a dive that provides the opportunity to learn something new.
7. Lastly (and this will sound mushy to some but screw those who would ridicule) never leave the important things unsaid between you and your loved one(s)...you may not get the chance to say it later.

There are many more lessons learned but these are the ones I can think of right now.

One last thing I will say is; we routinely review the notes from that dive to keep the lessons learned fresh and to remind ourselves not to take our diving, and our realtionship out of the water for granted.

Edit

that's why I bring the slate. I WILL be the last to speak.

Yeah but "good bye" is not the last words you want in that particular conversation

 

[do it easy]

Well said Storm! There's a lot to learn in those 7 points...