A dive that almost wasn't

[DennisW]

Now that's just way too cool. Bob, your a good guy, I don't care what anyone else says.

 

[TSandM]

And the final piece of good news is that this morning, the light is working . . . whew!

 

[Drewpy]

That was a great little show Bob-gotta schlep my gear up there soon!
Congrats Lynne on #50
I agree, what a great guy you are Bob-wish I had a mentor when I was floundering about!
I expected some bootleg dead tunes though..?

 

[pennypue]

Gotta go check on some airfare to Seattle.........got dive 100 waiting on me....new undies.......could I get a slideshow too? :blinking:

 

[mnj1233]

I had a diving date with NW Grateful Diver tonight. It was something I had planned and arranged ahead of time, and was counting on.

It was one of those dives where so many little things go wrong that you begin to wonder if you are not supposed to make this dive. There were several things where we had to regroup and rethink our dive plan, culminating with making our descent and discovering my primary light wouldn't strike. But I had a backup light, and Bob had a backup light, so we went on, just making a more conservative and shorter dive than we had originally planned.

I had played with moving around some weight, and finally got it right. I spent a lot of the dive doing literally absolutely nothing. I was delighted to hover in truly correct trim. We explored the usual places, and found the usual cute critters, including some utterly beautiful small jellyfish of which Bob got some splendid pictures.

At the end of the dive, we had planned a direct ascent so I could practice the dreaded 15 foot stop, which I loathe because I am so bad at it. Comes the awful moment of the thumb, and we start up, and I start getting tense and anxious because I know what's coming . . . but at about 15 feet, we find something wonderful -- a large egg-yolk jellyfish swimming in the water column. I have my visual reference and it's splendid (I've never seen one of these guys for real before). Three minutes? No problem!

We surface to discover the fog bank has dissipated and the Seattle skyline is glittering in multicolor and reflected in the calm, dark waters of Elliott Bay. We kick slowly in to shore, and I feel good about the dive for the first time in a while.

It was my fiftieth dive.

Thank you so much, Bob.

TSandM.......Anyone else see a little Jaque Cousteau in your profile pic!!!! Come on fess up...

 

[mnj1233]

P.S. its nice to here a pleasant story about a dive in this forum. To much animosity when it comes to issues etc. CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!

 

[Erik Il Rosso]

Gotta go check on some airfare to Seattle.........got dive 100 waiting on me....new undies.......could I get a slideshow too? :blinking:

Funny thread...

If you wanna do dive 100 in Italy be my guest...

Don't tell anybody but we got a 10 minutes drive from my house to the diving center and after the dive it takes 20 minutes to go to Pisa or 50 minutes to go to Florence...

You choose were you want to have lunch...

Ciao Erik Il Rosso

P.S. Have fun...

 

[markDoerr]

Don't tell anybody but we got a 10 minutes drive from my house to the diving center and after the dive it takes 20 minutes to go to Pisa or 50 minutes to go to Florence...

Now, I have a problem with posts like this they make me jealous. :approve_2

 

[pennypue]

Funny thread...

If you wanna do dive 100 in Italy be my guest...

Don't tell anybody but we got a 10 minutes drive from my house to the diving center and after the dive it takes 20 minutes to go to Pisa or 50 minutes to go to Florence...

You choose were you want to have lunch...

Ciao Erik Il Rosso

P.S. Have fun...

I studied Italian for a year and staying in Firenze nel convento della Piazza Carmine da four weeks. You have no idea how tempting it is!!!! How far to Assisi? I'd like a picnic lunch at the castle and gelato in the piazza, please.

 

[Erik Il Rosso]

Now, I have a problem with posts like this they make me jealous. :approve_2

Jealous ???

I really DO NOT understand why... :05:

Ciao Erik Il Rosso