damage
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Last week I was in Cancun for my birthday, and one of the best ways to celebrate it was diving of course I really wanted to dive in a cenote, and dove in Chac Mol last Wednesday. It was amazing, the colors, the clear water, the lack of currents everything was amazing.
Yesterday I read in this forum this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cave-diving/303219-when-cave-cave.html and after reading all of it, I'm starting to feel a little guilty.
First of all it was my first dive in a cave, I don't have any certification or training regarding this kind of dives, second one, The guide (very professional full cave diver from MAD) explained everything to us, and really made me feel confident about myself, which at this point I don't know if it was good or bad.
Just 10 minutes after we started, a girl who was in the diving tour, freaked out in a part where there were no light, and no immediate access to the surface; the dive master manage to calm her down, and took her to the next open water area which was just 60 feet away, after 5 minutes on the surface, we all continued the dive.
I really enjoyed the dive, beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, but now I'm aware how quick things can get bad, specially in this kind of environment, like what if something happened to the dive master and the three of us were left alone? I know that it was a remote scenario, and there are permanent lines along the cenote, and usually there are many divers at any given time, the open water is no really far away (90 feet tops) but still made me think about it, none of us had the proper training for a emergency situation.
I'm now really sure that I need to get more training as soon as possible, first the rescue course, which I've been delaying for a while, and next start with the cavern courses.
I think this was some kind of an awaking experience for me; and I really want to share with you.
Yesterday I read in this forum this thread http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cave-diving/303219-when-cave-cave.html and after reading all of it, I'm starting to feel a little guilty.
First of all it was my first dive in a cave, I don't have any certification or training regarding this kind of dives, second one, The guide (very professional full cave diver from MAD) explained everything to us, and really made me feel confident about myself, which at this point I don't know if it was good or bad.
Just 10 minutes after we started, a girl who was in the diving tour, freaked out in a part where there were no light, and no immediate access to the surface; the dive master manage to calm her down, and took her to the next open water area which was just 60 feet away, after 5 minutes on the surface, we all continued the dive.
I really enjoyed the dive, beautiful stalactites and stalagmites, but now I'm aware how quick things can get bad, specially in this kind of environment, like what if something happened to the dive master and the three of us were left alone? I know that it was a remote scenario, and there are permanent lines along the cenote, and usually there are many divers at any given time, the open water is no really far away (90 feet tops) but still made me think about it, none of us had the proper training for a emergency situation.
I'm now really sure that I need to get more training as soon as possible, first the rescue course, which I've been delaying for a while, and next start with the cavern courses.
I think this was some kind of an awaking experience for me; and I really want to share with you.