dinasaurus
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Last weekend, I went for a quarry dive with my husband-it was both of our first times diving without a guide, and only the second time we've gone diving together. (I'm counting our 10-dive Australian trip as one event.) On our second dive of the day, we were swimming around surveying a helicopter. When I looked back to check on him, as I did every minute or so as usual, he was GONE. Vanished. I frantically started looking everywhere for him, swam around the helicopter twice, then started surveying the floor of the quarry for signs of his body. No sign of him anywhere. Probably only lasted 45 seconds, but it felt like forever. Just when I was about to head for the surface and scream bloody murder, he appeared in front of me. Apparently, he was floating just above the whole scene, but was having equalization issues-so as I swam deeper and deeper looking for him, he couldn't follow. He watched helplessly, seeing the whole thing and how freaked out I was getting-willing me the whole time to just think to glance upward, but of course, I didn't.
So, that was when I learned my first "non-instructor" lesson: When you can't find your buddy, look up!
I later got some laughs from other certified friends, who said that was the first thing their instructor told them. I'm sure it's all a matter of personal experience-there's so many rules and lessons to impart, you just have to learn some of them on your own.
That being said, what were your most useful "self-taught" lessons? I figure this might help me (and other divers) avoid other easily remedied panic attacks in the future!
So, that was when I learned my first "non-instructor" lesson: When you can't find your buddy, look up!
I later got some laughs from other certified friends, who said that was the first thing their instructor told them. I'm sure it's all a matter of personal experience-there's so many rules and lessons to impart, you just have to learn some of them on your own.
That being said, what were your most useful "self-taught" lessons? I figure this might help me (and other divers) avoid other easily remedied panic attacks in the future!