xScubaStephx
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Well, this weekend, i took my NACD cavern course with Paul Heinerth. By the way, he is one of the nicest people i have ever met in my life. You can get along with him so great, and he doesnt stress you out at all. He is by far a wonderful man. I would deff suggest having him certify you in cavern (or full cave, which my Dad just got with him also this weekend, and he said he was great.) Me and my dad stayed at them cabin/trailer things at Dive Outpost in Luraville. (by Peacock) We first went to Orange Grove. We did our s-drils, and i practiced running lines in open water, and practiced eyes closed following the reel. I had such a hard time trimming, because my BC, was too loose, and the tank i had that day, was heavier than i usually use, so i was pretty mad... not to mention embarassed the poor job i was doing, plus i was wondering what was wrong with me... The second dive, another guy who was in the class,(there was 2 other people a guy and a girl, both couples) ran the reel, and we followed and explored the cavern. The only thing i didnt like about the dive was getting covered in duck weed comming back up. haha. I dont know maybe its a girl thing! 
The next dive we did was Peacock 1.
People were warning us that the vis wasnt up to par. My dad switched tanks and tightened me up, and i did 100% better... Peacock did have HORRIBLE vis, but we still went down, and the other woman ran lines. We had to buddy breathe on the line, and then take off our mask and follow the line. Let me tell you... i was SOO scared, because taking off my mask, is something i wasnt to comfortable with doing... and when it came my turn to take it off, i wasnt sure if i could. So i just thought about why i was so scared... and its because i dont want water to go up my nose, and then me freak out. But everyone was watching me, and i knew i had to do it, so i just took it off, and pinched my nose. It wasnt bad at all. Then after i was done i put on my mask and cleared it... and i was sooo proud of myself!!
We surfaced, and went over some material in the book. Haha this guy in the class bragged that he had read the book cover to cover twice. But yet i found it funny how he asked which way a line arrow pointed!! Haha... think he really read it??
We went out to eat in Mayo, Talked to other divers at the dive shop, and then went back to our room.
Woke up the next morning and went to breakfast, and then drove to Madison Blue. We suited up and then i had to run the reel. We did lights out comming out on the line... and left the reel there, surfaced and then ate some lunch. After that, we went back down and made a fun dive... We went in through bunny hole, swam around, and then i reeled back up the reel, and then the cavern course was finished!! I had so much fun, and Paul made me and everyone else feel so comfortable
The only problem i had, was, my nose was stuffy, and when i would surface, i would feel popping under my eyes, and squeezing, then some pressure. About 30 mins after i surfaced, i got a bad ear ache in my left ear... I figured i just had some pressure, and if i popped them, then it may feel better. NO WAY. it hurt even worse. Then i had extreme pain for about an hour... The pressure in my ear, wasnt escaping... and it wasnt untill about another hour, before it popped on its own. You dont know how happy i was when that happened!! haha.
Well guys, thanks for reading my story!
And i would like to probably take intro cave; buut, you have to be 18
i still have another two years... but its okay.
im fine with cavern for now
The next dive we did was Peacock 1.
People were warning us that the vis wasnt up to par. My dad switched tanks and tightened me up, and i did 100% better... Peacock did have HORRIBLE vis, but we still went down, and the other woman ran lines. We had to buddy breathe on the line, and then take off our mask and follow the line. Let me tell you... i was SOO scared, because taking off my mask, is something i wasnt to comfortable with doing... and when it came my turn to take it off, i wasnt sure if i could. So i just thought about why i was so scared... and its because i dont want water to go up my nose, and then me freak out. But everyone was watching me, and i knew i had to do it, so i just took it off, and pinched my nose. It wasnt bad at all. Then after i was done i put on my mask and cleared it... and i was sooo proud of myself!!
We surfaced, and went over some material in the book. Haha this guy in the class bragged that he had read the book cover to cover twice. But yet i found it funny how he asked which way a line arrow pointed!! Haha... think he really read it??
We went out to eat in Mayo, Talked to other divers at the dive shop, and then went back to our room.
Woke up the next morning and went to breakfast, and then drove to Madison Blue. We suited up and then i had to run the reel. We did lights out comming out on the line... and left the reel there, surfaced and then ate some lunch. After that, we went back down and made a fun dive... We went in through bunny hole, swam around, and then i reeled back up the reel, and then the cavern course was finished!! I had so much fun, and Paul made me and everyone else feel so comfortable
The only problem i had, was, my nose was stuffy, and when i would surface, i would feel popping under my eyes, and squeezing, then some pressure. About 30 mins after i surfaced, i got a bad ear ache in my left ear... I figured i just had some pressure, and if i popped them, then it may feel better. NO WAY. it hurt even worse. Then i had extreme pain for about an hour... The pressure in my ear, wasnt escaping... and it wasnt untill about another hour, before it popped on its own. You dont know how happy i was when that happened!! haha.
Well guys, thanks for reading my story!
And i would like to probably take intro cave; buut, you have to be 18
i still have another two years... but its okay.
im fine with cavern for now
