Yes- I'm an Idiot
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I've posted lots of my screw ups. There are probably few, if any, here who've screwed up more than me. One of them almost got me killed. If you're interested, look around, they are out there.
I've posted lots of my screw ups. There are probably few, if any, here who've screwed up more than me. One of them almost got me killed. If you're interested, look around, they are out there.
So, there I was, first dive after open water certification. I was in Cozumel, I was excited and all my training was still fresh in my head. I wanted to make certain all the "experienced" divers didn't have a reason to point and laugh at the new guy.
I got all my gear assembled in record time. Tank was secure, checked my reg, pressure was good. I was ready to go. We arrived at the dive spot and I strapped in. Then the boat captain asked my wife/dive buddy and I if we were going to be diving with the rest of the group because we had put the bungee cords that held the tanks in place (and were permanently attached to the boat) back on the tanks prior to attaching the first stage....we were going nowhere until we disassembled and reconnected everything.
Eveyone else got to point and laugh. It was great.
I got all my gear assembled in record time. Tank was secure, checked my reg, pressure was good. I was ready to go. We arrived at the dive spot and I strapped in. Then the boat captain asked my wife/dive buddy and I if we were going to be diving with the rest of the group because we had put the bungee cords that held the tanks in place (and were permanently attached to the boat) back on the tanks prior to attaching the first stage....we were going nowhere until we disassembled and reconnected everything.
Eveyone else got to point and laugh. It was great.
talonraid:
Don't feel bad, that is extremely common. You have lots of company. I saw that in NC just last weekend with an experienced diver.
Green_Manelishi
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Walter:
If I wasn't married I'd ask her if she has any friends, but I am, so I won't
And while we are telling Spiegel Grove stories:
A few Christmases ago, myself and 7 men were camp-diving in the Keys. On these trips, I usually play Dive Princess as I am also teaching, so everyone else has the responsibility of dealing with camp. One night, though, I treated them to my coconut shrimp for dinner. They of course did the dishes.
After I peeled a zillion shrimp. one of the guys had the idea that they would save the shells to take on the dive boat the day we dove the SG. I required them to clear this action with out boat captain. To my dismay, he agreed.
The "chum" sat in a cooler for 2 days until our scheduled SG dive day. It was pretty ripe by then, so oen guy had to hold it out of the van window as we drove from the campgrounds to the boat.
Excitement was building as we suited up. I had the camera (yes this is the same trip I got 29 minutes of my fin on video....) and descended first, hovering above the mighty hull to video the show.
The others descended and moved into position. The "chum" bag was opened.
The few fish that had gathered swam unconvincingly away, and I shot 4 minutes or so of 3 divers in a cloud of shrimp shells.
Who would have thought that the fish might have preferred the whole shrimp?
doh,
*
A few Christmases ago, myself and 7 men were camp-diving in the Keys. On these trips, I usually play Dive Princess as I am also teaching, so everyone else has the responsibility of dealing with camp. One night, though, I treated them to my coconut shrimp for dinner. They of course did the dishes.
After I peeled a zillion shrimp. one of the guys had the idea that they would save the shells to take on the dive boat the day we dove the SG. I required them to clear this action with out boat captain. To my dismay, he agreed.
The "chum" sat in a cooler for 2 days until our scheduled SG dive day. It was pretty ripe by then, so oen guy had to hold it out of the van window as we drove from the campgrounds to the boat.
Excitement was building as we suited up. I had the camera (yes this is the same trip I got 29 minutes of my fin on video....) and descended first, hovering above the mighty hull to video the show.
The others descended and moved into position. The "chum" bag was opened.
The few fish that had gathered swam unconvincingly away, and I shot 4 minutes or so of 3 divers in a cloud of shrimp shells.
Who would have thought that the fish might have preferred the whole shrimp?
doh,
*
Rogue_Diver
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The first night dive I ever did was in Roatan. I bought a cheesy disposable camera that turned out to be very positively buoyant. I put it on a retractor and stuffed it in the pocket of my BC. When we dropped down to the reef I pulled it out and snapped a couple of pictures then let go knowing it was on the retractor. Next time I reached for it, it was gone. I searched all over but could not find it. The rest of the dive I couldn’t stop thinking about how stupid I was for not clipping the retractor to my BC. After the dive I found the camera clipped to the retractor, still clipped to the BC. The camera was so buoyant it pulled the retractor out and straight up--the camera was above my head the whole time.
Now THAT is funny!
spacemanspiff1974
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On my first night ever dive I wasnt paying attention to my depth (neither was my buddy). There was no moon and the sky was very dark. At one point I moved my head up a little bit and realized my depth was about 1 foot.
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