Deep dive hesitancy
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TheRedHead:
Very perceptive.
Danger (risk) is relative. Whenever I dive, regardless of depth, my intention is to stack the deck in my favor. Some people might think it's cool to die doing what you love but I think it's an idiotic concept. How do you do stack the deck? By understanding the risks and having the skills, experience and equipment to manage them.
Now lets look at some OW divers going on to AOW. Do they understand the risks, have the skills, experience and equipment or is their plan to just hang close to an instructor who may not have the skills experience and equipment?
I think it's often the later and some discomfort with the situation is MORE than justified.
DiverBizz:
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mhedstrom
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Thanks for the tips everyone. It's definitely a low level of anxiety - and I'll keep an eye on how I feel beforehand, and if it doesn't feel right, I just won't do it. The instructor at the LDS is very very good (well, we think so at least), so I trust him.
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mhedstrom:
You just gave yourself the best answer of them all -- if it doesn't feel right, DON'T DO IT! Don't ever be ashamed to abort a dive, even before you hit the water. The bottom line is for you to be comfortable with the dive -- before, during and after.
ScubaTexan:You just gave yourself the best answer of them all -- if it doesn't feel right, DON'T DO IT! Don't ever be ashamed to abort a dive, even before you hit the water. The bottom line is for you to be comfortable with the dive -- before, during and after.
Ditto!!
mhedstrom:
Well...bad feelings are a fine reason to cancel a dive but "good feeling" can be deceiving unless they're based on something objective.
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Don't forget that things may be a bit darker at 100', regardless of the clarity of the water.
I was a little nervous before my AOW deep dive. I compensated for this by swimming headlong down the anchorline, equalizing ears and mask pretty much constantly on the way and finally bouncing hard off the bottom at 80' because I'd gotten so negative. Afterward my instructor said, "maybe we could just descend slowly next time, and add air now and then to your BC?" with a kind of reproachful eyebrow action. I got the message, but I think that's just how my nervousness manifested. Good thing we weren't doing a wall, like Monastery.
Anyway, it ended up being a fun dive and didn't feel any different than 60' except that with a 7mm jumpsuit with hooded vest I really, really needed to control bouyancy in ways I hadn't anticipated from diving at shallower depths. That meant being aware to dump air every 10' or so on the way up too, which I *did* remember to do.
Anyway, it ended up being a fun dive and didn't feel any different than 60' except that with a 7mm jumpsuit with hooded vest I really, really needed to control bouyancy in ways I hadn't anticipated from diving at shallower depths. That meant being aware to dump air every 10' or so on the way up too, which I *did* remember to do.
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