DiverDownD3
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5-10' may have been an exaggeration, the point I was trying to make is that you don't need to constantly play with your inflator to control your depth
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Looks like you passed through the gauntlet! How many in your class feel like you? If you had taken an intermediate buoyancy development class as Part B of the OW, you would have learned the next level of the 'safest tricks' without risking your health (avoiding Barotrauma). Trial and error experimenting underwater is often the wrong mindset although the way many certification courses are designed, most are forced into it. Was a buoyancy course available? If so, what prevented you from taking it?
5-10' may have been an exaggeration, the point I was trying to make is that you don't need to constantly play with your inflator to control your depth
Looks like you passed through the gauntlet!
How many in your class feel like you?
If you had taken an intermediate buoyancy development class as Part B of the OW, you would have learned the next level of the 'safest tricks' without risking your health (avoiding Barotrauma).
Trial and error experimenting underwater is often the wrong mindset although the way many certification courses are designed, most are forced into it. Was a buoyancy course available? If so, what prevented you from taking it?
Excellent; Counterglotticulation™ ! The underlying skill for demonstrating mastery of the Horizontal Hover-Stall Maneuver™ :>}It was directed at me. Like I said I vastly exaggerated the 5-10' drop in descent. This was more of a fine tune 1 maybe 2' drop. I did a terrible job of articulating what I was trying to say. It was wrong of me to completely stop breathing. What I meant was you can change the patterns of your breathing, maybe even a slight pause in your breathing can help, if you are using it to help with a minor ascent make sure to have an open glottis.
This is a thread I found that is more of the point I was trying to get to.
Pause breathing to control buoyancy
To answer your question I'm not a card seeker, but performance buoyancy is a class I plan to take this spring.