CamG
Contributor
Recently called off a dive trip with my dive buddy.
It was a train wreck of scheduling from one charter to another then the day before a new one.
Planned to dive one wreck then a week before switched to another then the day before back to the first wreck.
Dive plans were to do a light deco dive nothing to aggressive but gas blending was decided to allow for either wreck depth.
When I picked up my tanks they were blended rich and at 3600 psi so I just picked them up.
I had been planning to dive the second wreck 150' so I wanted 25%-26% not 28+%.
Simple to fix bleed off and top with 21% but it is the day before and already still not solid on what charter we are going on.
At this point the family plans I was going to miss won out.
My wife had been pressing me for three days what was the final dive arrangements and all I could say was I did not know.
So I called and bagged out!
That was the first time I have ever cancelled last day and I felt horrible and even still feel horrible.
What went wrong?
Well it is Great Lakes and early in May.
Dive ops still getting going, weather still a bit touch and go.
Wreck diving is fun but after you drive 5hrs to dive then drive 5hrs home it can be tough.
Just wish things were different I feel worse about abandoning my buddy than any other issue.
I am starting to really get finicky about my dives wanting things to be well organized smooth planning and not so many last minute changes when it comes to Tech dives.
I understand the environments demand changes from time to time and you can always get blown out.
These I accept what I can not accept are dive ops not communicating nor letting you know till the day before you are to go.
That is unacceptable in my book.
When you are scrambling the day before it is already to late for me.
Am I being an ass?
I feel like it, but I choose not to push my luck.
CamG
It was a train wreck of scheduling from one charter to another then the day before a new one.
Planned to dive one wreck then a week before switched to another then the day before back to the first wreck.
Dive plans were to do a light deco dive nothing to aggressive but gas blending was decided to allow for either wreck depth.
When I picked up my tanks they were blended rich and at 3600 psi so I just picked them up.
I had been planning to dive the second wreck 150' so I wanted 25%-26% not 28+%.
Simple to fix bleed off and top with 21% but it is the day before and already still not solid on what charter we are going on.
At this point the family plans I was going to miss won out.
My wife had been pressing me for three days what was the final dive arrangements and all I could say was I did not know.
So I called and bagged out!
That was the first time I have ever cancelled last day and I felt horrible and even still feel horrible.
What went wrong?
Well it is Great Lakes and early in May.
Dive ops still getting going, weather still a bit touch and go.
Wreck diving is fun but after you drive 5hrs to dive then drive 5hrs home it can be tough.
Just wish things were different I feel worse about abandoning my buddy than any other issue.
I am starting to really get finicky about my dives wanting things to be well organized smooth planning and not so many last minute changes when it comes to Tech dives.
I understand the environments demand changes from time to time and you can always get blown out.
These I accept what I can not accept are dive ops not communicating nor letting you know till the day before you are to go.
That is unacceptable in my book.
When you are scrambling the day before it is already to late for me.
Am I being an ass?
I feel like it, but I choose not to push my luck.
CamG