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"I will spare you a gushy description of the dive itself, except to say that when you finally see what goes on underwater, you realize that you've been missing the whole point of the ocean. Staying on the surface all the time is like going to the circus and staring at the outside of the tent. "
-Dave Barry
This DIRF business sounds suspiciously like my original YMCA course over 30 years ago. Ripping off masks, turning off valves, ripping regs out of your mouth... bet you have to swim underwater for 75' on one breath and put your gear on with no mask, too...
Deja Vu!
Rick
"You can have peace, or you can have Freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." (Heinlein)
"... they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep." (Ps107:24)
Originally posted by Rick Murchison This DIRF business sounds suspiciously like my original YMCA course over 30 years ago. Ripping off masks, turning off valves, ripping regs out of your mouth... bet you have to swim underwater for 75' on one breath and put your gear on with no mask, too...
Deja Vu!
Rick
Yes Rick... Deja Vu... except for the addition of maintaining perfect buoyancy & trim while ascending sharing air and making the safety stop stick.
Originally posted by Uncle Pug
Yes Rick... Deja Vu... except for the addition of maintaining perfect buoyancy & trim while ascending sharing air and making the safety stop stick.
But don't tell Yooper.
Well, yes... since we didn't use wetsuits or BC's or safe seconds or safety stops or SPGs, (depth and time and a "feel" for your personal air consumption were "it") buoyancy was a one shot deal - you were either properly weighted or not. The ascent was at sixty feet per minute buddy breathing. If there was deco involved the ascent was to the hang tank... out of air and can't find the hang tank? Can you spell "s c r e w e d ?" Trim? Excuse me?
But we were young and immortal then.
Rick
"You can have peace, or you can have Freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once." (Heinlein)
"... they saw the deeds of the LORD, his wondrous works in the deep." (Ps107:24)
I must have been lucky I went through all that hell when I did a TDI advanced nitrox/decompression course!!! Funny thing is My instructor was taught by Steve lewis who was taught by Jarrod Jablonski!!! So just goes to show you guys not all instructors are dumbassess!!!
Just thought that was kind of interesting Mind you my instructors training is somewhat pre GUE
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