Well I figure it is time to revive this thread. This year I am going to make the push to get ready for DPV cave. I had to take a two month break due to a mistake with a wood working router. So next fall I am going to take the course.
There are some things I need to work on, first I am planning and executing double stage dives since my instructor requires at least carrying two stages for his course. This is part of my quest to find the Whale Bone off of double lines, and to do the Hill 400 circuit.
Second is that I need to work on my line laying. I rarely run lines except for short distances for jumps. I did a dive in OG yesterday, and while I don't think it is bad line run, it could be better. So I am going to spend time both in Ginnie and Little River practicing.
The dive yesterday was fun. It was my first serious trip into Upper Orange since I did it with
@tmassey almost three years ago. The Duck Weed always made it one of the last places I wanted to dive. I was going with a new buddy so I didn't really plan anything out of it other than it being a safe dive. The furthest I got in before was about 800ft, but it was rather exciting as the distance arrows got smaller and smaller faster than my gas supply was diminishing. Made it to Challenge just before thirds, which was pretty exciting.
Of course the excitement wore off when I realized I have to spend the better part of the next hour swimming back, and my calf was getting tired. The way back was uneventful, except that my NDL remaining got lower than I expected down to 3 minutes at one point. So in future I need to remember to bring oxygen into the water just in case, it isn't like I haven't done a bunch of deco at Peacock.
As usual with Peacock it gets a lot nicer once you get past the Intro distance limit. Saw lots of isopods and a few crawfish. Now I want to go back and really explore the OG side of Peacock.
Go fills at Amigos to see if Wayne or the new owner was there to check the situation out. But it was just me, my sandwich, and YT videos to keep me company. I don't know if I got lucky or because of the new owner but the banks were really full for the first time in a long time. I accidentally got over 4k again (and it really was an accident it had chilled down to 3,500 and I just wanted to push it up to 3,700).
I saw Tim Young's place near Amigos, didn't stop because I wanted to scout for any changes at Amigos. And I could use another "Dive More Post Less" sticker, my gear bin has a crack in it, so it is almost time to replace it.
And of course, feel free to ask him directly what it's like to dive with me: I understand that nobody really likes random buddies in a cave...
