WhiteSands
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I'm posting this to see if others face the same problems I do, and would like to hear suggestions of how you would deal with it.
I prefer self-dives with my buddy over following a guide or diving with unfamiliar buddies (who may be good friends in life). When I dive with my regular buddy, both of us have no problems thumbing the dive at any time without any bad feelings. Or rather, we know each other so well we don't really care if our buddy feels bad.
This past week, I was called on to guide a dive as I had dived there many times and knew where to find the critters. During the dive, we spotted some rare critters and I guess I got really excited and gulped a lot of air taking photos. Before long, I had only 60bar left.
I asked my buddy and he had 100bars left. Being the guide, I felt really bad that I had to cut short the dive. So I signalled to go shallower to try to last longer.
Because of feeling bad for my buddy in cutting short his dive, I tried to stay down as long as possible. Sad to say, I cut it a little close. I surfaced with only 20bar left.
I have encountered this problem several times in the past. Sometimes, I thumb the dive and the dive guide will say to wait and swim a little more, and I will start feeling uncomfortable.
Does anyone else face problems like this, and how do you deal with it?
I prefer self-dives with my buddy over following a guide or diving with unfamiliar buddies (who may be good friends in life). When I dive with my regular buddy, both of us have no problems thumbing the dive at any time without any bad feelings. Or rather, we know each other so well we don't really care if our buddy feels bad.
This past week, I was called on to guide a dive as I had dived there many times and knew where to find the critters. During the dive, we spotted some rare critters and I guess I got really excited and gulped a lot of air taking photos. Before long, I had only 60bar left.
I asked my buddy and he had 100bars left. Being the guide, I felt really bad that I had to cut short the dive. So I signalled to go shallower to try to last longer.
Because of feeling bad for my buddy in cutting short his dive, I tried to stay down as long as possible. Sad to say, I cut it a little close. I surfaced with only 20bar left.
I have encountered this problem several times in the past. Sometimes, I thumb the dive and the dive guide will say to wait and swim a little more, and I will start feeling uncomfortable.
Does anyone else face problems like this, and how do you deal with it?