CT Sean
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I would argue that the BEST place to train is during real dives, because those really teach you how to dive.
Purely for the sake of argument, how do you define a ""real" five, if diving in a quarry isn't?
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I would argue that the BEST place to train is during real dives, because those really teach you how to dive.
Purely for the sake of argument, how do you define a ""real" five, if diving in a quarry isn't?
I suppose the only way to define a real dive is based on relativity. To a new diver ANY dive is a real dive, right?
Im sorry. Maybe I should clarify. I dont consider shallower dives in a quarry real dives FOR ME. There is nothing challenging about them (at least to me). However, deeper dives, even in a quarry, can be complex.
I usually only consider divers that arent "cake" to be real dives. Lately my 25-30ft dives in dutch just arent making it into my log books. They are fun, but no current, no risk of being lost at sea, and plenty of gas make it hard to justify logging them for me. Deeper dives, low vis dives, and dives in the the ocean or more formidable freshwater environments have been making the cut though.
I suppose the only way to define a real dive is based on relativity. To a new diver ANY dive is a real dive, right?
I just dove Dutch this weekend and was at 94 feet. Dutch Springs is what you make of it. I think I actually got a little narked! Also did a night dive last weekend when the viz was total crap. We were practicing compass navigation - not following the ropes - and it was good lesson on how task loading can sneak up on you quick. Anyway, I'm going out to Venice, FL next week for some shark tooth diving and then down to the Keys to dive the USS Vandenberg and the USS Spiegel Grove at the beginning of November. I am grateful for every dive I have under my belt and I still learn something every time I descend into the quarry. If you're only diving 25-30 ft at Dutch Springs, then take the initiative to mix it up a bit
Funny how everyone seems to feel the same way.
If you can Dive Dutch well, you can dive in a lot of places. Same thing with the Skiing in PA, if you can ski on the ice and crud, when you hit the nice stuff in VT or out west, it is cake.
Our "Quarribbean" is not perfect, but it is clean, has good attractions, nice depth, size and layout, and if you catch the Dive NY guys on the "last weekend" you get some GREAT food too!!
See you out there soon! (But wear a strobe because Viz was bad Sunday