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Posted: 6/22/2020 10:30:37 PM EDT
Got my OW maybe 2 years ago? Have around 18-20 dives. Nothing more than 40 feet give or take.
Tonight I took the EAN class, which was fun, not too hard. Will definitely benefit me if I need it. Grabbed a pair of lycra socks. I took all my gear out of the basement, checked function and made sure I fit in my wet suit as I am slightly fatter. Planning a dive on Wednesday, nothing special. Also, took a trip to the LDS for a new computer. Overkill for a rec diver, but I like gadgets, and it's pretty damn cool. Especially like the display.  Attached FileCrap mocked up...  Attached FileCouple old pics....  Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 6/23/2020 7:05:06 AM EDT
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Big fan of Shearwater products!
Do you dive with the first stage mounted backwards as shown in the mock up pic? 
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Posted: 6/23/2020 8:24:03 AM EDT
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@GroupTherapy
Where are you diving? I was up at Wazee last month. Terics are nice! I have the Perdix myself. |
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Posted: 6/23/2020 10:29:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Big fan of Shearwater products! Do you dive with the first stage mounted backwards as shown in the mock up pic? LMAO. Already got it turned around. I looked at it for a minute then realized that the yellow hose goes on the bottom  |
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Posted: 6/23/2020 10:30:42 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @GroupTherapy Where are you diving? I was up at Wazee last month. Terics are nice! I have the Perdix myself. Probably Devil’s lake. Haven’t been to Wazee. I’ve dove Pearl probably half a dozen times. |
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Posted: 6/23/2020 11:16:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Probably Devil’s lake. Haven’t been to Wazee. I’ve dove Pearl probably half a dozen times. Pearl was sold last year. Diving only allowed for two more years. |
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Posted: 6/23/2020 2:32:53 PM EDT
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Good to know. I think I might get there again.
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Posted: 6/23/2020 2:43:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Good to know. I think I might get there again. From what I understand, Pearl hasn’t ironed yet this year. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 5:58:19 PM EDT
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So I have about 7-8 dives since the first post.
Signed up for AOW in a couple weeks, which should be fun. Traded my reg for a ScubaPro unit, and went back to a jacket style BC.. sick of kicking to keep myself upright on the surface(I know, I know, I've tried all the fixes, nothing works). Went to Wazee Lake on Sunday. Fun exploring a new place. A local dive legend was there setting up rebreather training for students, and so of course I asked for tips. I should have brought my damn gopro but didn't. We got down to about 45 feet and the water temp was 52 degrees. That was pretty cold
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Posted: 7/22/2020 5:58:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: From what I understand, Pearl hasn’t ironed yet this year. Current rumors are that there won't be diving there again. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:05:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: So I have about 7-8 dives since the first post. Signed up for AOW in a couple weeks, which should be fun. Traded my reg for a ScubaPro unit, and went back to a jacket style BC.. sick of kicking to keep myself upright on the surface(I know, I know, I've tried all the fixes, nothing works). Went to Wazee Lake on Sunday. Fun exploring a new place. A local dive legend was there setting up rebreather training for students, and so of course I asked for tips. I should have brought my damn gopro but didn't. We got down to about 45 feet and the water temp was 52 degrees. That was pretty cold @GroupTherapy So who was doing the RB training? Man or woman instructor? |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:17:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @GroupTherapy So who was doing the RB training? Man or woman instructor? Tamara Thomsen. She's enough of a legend that I'm sure you at least know who she is. She did my OW dives. |
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Posted: 7/22/2020 6:25:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Tamara Thomsen. She's enough of a legend that I'm sure you at least know who she is. She did my OW dives. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: @GroupTherapy So who was doing the RB training? Man or woman instructor? Tamara Thomsen. She's enough of a legend that I'm sure you at least know who she is. She did my OW dives. Somehow I suspected it was Tami.  Just sent you a PM.
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Posted: 7/23/2020 9:46:38 AM EDT
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@GroupTherapy
You said you were cold at 52 degrees. I'm assuming you were wearing a 7mm? You might want to consider a semi dry, or what would be best, a dry suit. Depending on your size, there are plenty of used drysuits out there for sale. The local shops might even know divers who have them for sale. A drysuit really extends your diving season. I can dive all year round and I do! |
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Posted: 7/23/2020 11:10:10 AM EDT
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7/5 Hybrid.
I just bought a nicer full 7mm suit. Zippered arms and legs so I can get into it easier. I’m 5-9 215, should be less than 190 LOL. Dry suit is a consideration but not in the budget this season. I think diversions does a dry suit intro deal so I might give one a try. Realistically I want to dive warm waters but due to my location that’s not going to be possible too often. |
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Posted: 7/23/2020 11:27:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 7/5 Hybrid. I just bought a nicer full 7mm suit. Zippered arms and legs so I can get into it easier. I’m 5-9 215, should be less than 190 LOL. Dry suit is a consideration but not in the budget this season. I think diversions does a dry suit intro deal so I might give one a try. Realistically I want to dive warm waters but due to my location that’s not going to be possible too often. I’ve seen used drysuits for as little as $500. Save up your pennies, shop around, and take your time. I’m so used to diving dry with dry gloves that when I wore thin gloves at my local quarry last weekend due to warm water (69!), it felt so damned weird. I just wore my thin merino wool base layer under drysuit. |
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Posted: 8/3/2020 7:10:42 PM EDT
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This past weekend I did my AOW. Couple different lakes, mainly due to the fact that one had a maximum depth of 42 feet.
Day 1 at Devil's lake was peak performance buoyancy, navigation and DPV. Yesterday was Search and Recovery(I found the lift bag use quite fun, tying knots sucked), and the Deep dive, at Wazee Lake. A few observations: It was cold at 70 feet. Wazee Lake is an old quarry. We were down there for about 10 minutes on the platform, dive time total was 22-24 minutes or something counting descent, ascent/safety stop. Prior the deepest I had been was 40-45 feet. The marked increase in inhalation effort was a little disconcerting at depth. Bothered me more than the cold. Maybe you get used to that. A bit unnerving combined with the dark, but I just sat there and resisted the urge to start shivering Prior to the swim out, the instructor REPEATEDLY told EVERYONE to land on the platform, do NOT hit bottom or it will get stirrred up. Of course, someone stirred the shit out of it and you couldn't see a thing.... Shit show. I personally think that perhaps OW grads should get a number of dives under their belt before being allowed to do AOW.  Attached FileI hate back swimming. The Teric is a delightful computer, especially the display... Nobody else could read theirs in the dark |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 7:59:38 AM EDT
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You mean you hate surface swimming?
mEh, 45. Just save your pennies for a drysuit.
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Posted: 8/4/2020 8:24:59 AM EDT
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I miss diving. Went to Australia back in March to dive the GBR and got stuck isolating for the entire trip.
 Such a disappointment.Wife bought me a rescue dive certification package for my birthday. I might finally get to use that Teric she bought me for Christmas two years ago. |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 8:32:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I miss diving. Went to Australia back in March to dive the GBR and got stuck isolating for the entire trip. Such a disappointment.Wife bought me a rescue dive certification package for my birthday. I might finally get to use that Teric she bought me for Christmas two years ago. Several nice quarries in OH to dive. White Star and Gilboa. |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 8:43:16 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Several nice quarries in OH to dive. White Star and Gilboa. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I miss diving. Went to Australia back in March to dive the GBR and got stuck isolating for the entire trip. Such a disappointment.Wife bought me a rescue dive certification package for my birthday. I might finally get to use that Teric she bought me for Christmas two years ago. Several nice quarries in OH to dive. White Star and Gilboa. Gilboa is where I did all my certs. I'll probably end up there next summer for my rescue dives. Never heard of White Star so I'll check that out. I need to get my own gear a regular dive buddy so I don't have to depend on my local dive shop's schedule. |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 8:48:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gilboa is where I did all my certs. I'll probably end up there next summer for my rescue dives. Never heard of White Star so I'll check that out. I need to get my own gear a regular dive buddy so I don't have to depend on my local dive shop's schedule. White Star is no deeper than 60, but it’s a county park so things aren’t as restrictive as Gilboa. The owner there can get a bit weird. I dive year round at Gilboa. I’m told White Star viz can be bad in the summer but I’ve not been there since May. Gilboa can have 70ft viz in the colder months. |
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Posted: 8/4/2020 11:28:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You mean you hate surface swimming? mEh, 45. Just save your pennies for a drysuit. How about I just stay out of 45 degree water?
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Posted: 9/26/2020 8:12:01 PM EDT
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Just spent the last two weekends diving with a bunch of Open Water students. I persuaded my GF to do a "try scuba" lesson, and that snowballed into her buying all her own gear and going through the OW course. She passed, and did wonderfully. Dare I say she did better than me - I had a lot of trouble in the beginning and came close to quitting OW several times due to fear/anxiety.
There was an odd number of students as one dropped out in the pool, so I got to play student for some of the tasks that she did. Mostly I just swam around and watched when not needed. Good time at Pearl Lake.  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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Posted: 9/26/2020 8:49:48 PM EDT
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Nice photos! Was her instructor a guy named Bob by any chance?
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Posted: 9/26/2020 9:44:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Nice photos! Was her instructor a guy named Bob by any chance? I don’t know. I know some of the Breezeway staff, but not all of them. They’ve added some pretty new faces recently. |
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Posted: 9/26/2020 10:06:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t know. I know some of the Breezeway staff, but not all of them. They’ve added some pretty new faces recently. Big guy with a ginger-ish beard? |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 7:33:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Big guy with a ginger-ish beard? Nope. Haven't seen him. |
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Posted: 9/27/2020 7:44:40 PM EDT
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you really should have your reg's serviced regularly.. your life depends on it
dive computers should be the norm once you have your OW. thats all from a redundancy factor, but a great resource for logging dives and SI I use a wrist and console computer |
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