so i went out on the scubateer on th 28th. great group. highly recomend it.
i had only done my cert dives when i went out with them. at about 60 ft deep my reg was real hard to breathe through. real hard. i signaled to them that some thing was wrong and they came over, they were real close anyway, and made sure i didnt bolt to the top. they kept me calm on the out side but i was real scared on the inside. they were working with the reg to see if they could fix it but no dice, i was really struggeling to breathe. i had to buddy breathe to the top while holding on to them, letting them control the accent, i didnt want to panic and go to fast. i was real impresed with them and how they handled it. freaked the heck out of me. but i changed regs, i had 2 with me, ( i want to point out that this was my equipment, not theirs,) and they took me back down when i was ready. i was real greatful for the experience, though i hope to never go through it again, and was glad Neil (one of the other passangers) and the scubateer crew was there. thanks again.
what did i learn?
never try out equipment on a deep dive, 60 was the deepest i had gone so far
never trust even a freind that says the gear has been serviced (with out a showing a recipt)that hes trying to sale you
i had only done my cert dives when i went out with them. at about 60 ft deep my reg was real hard to breathe through. real hard. i signaled to them that some thing was wrong and they came over, they were real close anyway, and made sure i didnt bolt to the top. they kept me calm on the out side but i was real scared on the inside. they were working with the reg to see if they could fix it but no dice, i was really struggeling to breathe. i had to buddy breathe to the top while holding on to them, letting them control the accent, i didnt want to panic and go to fast. i was real impresed with them and how they handled it. freaked the heck out of me. but i changed regs, i had 2 with me, ( i want to point out that this was my equipment, not theirs,) and they took me back down when i was ready. i was real greatful for the experience, though i hope to never go through it again, and was glad Neil (one of the other passangers) and the scubateer crew was there. thanks again.
what did i learn?
never try out equipment on a deep dive, 60 was the deepest i had gone so far
never trust even a freind that says the gear has been serviced (with out a showing a recipt)that hes trying to sale you