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I'm putting this out there to see if there's anyone in the area who would be interested in some lake dives. It's been too long since I've been in the water, I don't think I've gone more than a month in the last three years and now I'm up to 90 days! =( I'm also interested in any information on...

And this is why I'm actually glad I recently relocated. I want to keep diving and challenging myself but I need a group that is going to do it safely. These types of cowboy dives (like the one I was on) were almost the norm where I was at. I was on another dive with a different group where we...

I basically agree but would suggest that it's a better distinction to say that this thread proves that nobody is infallible, not that anyone is a "good diver".

@uwxplorer Thank you, most everyone has been constructive. You did not upset me, in fact your comment about instructors rushing people through is part of why, as an instructor, I prefer when I can teach independant courses. In my mind my certifications are not experience, but mean I should know...

I have been trained on both singles and doubles. For dives in the 40-50m range I have done these with both configurations and per instructors I've worked with the main recommendation is redundant 1st/2nd stages as this is considered basic air redundancy. Usually when going past 45m and incurring...

Thank you @EireDiver606 this was the point in sharing this despite feeling quite an amount of shame. I have considered many of the things I did right during the dive. I was very cognizant of my air, I knew I was in trouble and made sure to monitor myself and signal my lead. I recognized the...

I would say that the dive plan wasn't as terrible as people think, but I am also admitting that it wasn't as good as it could have been. And actually you all are clearly pointing out another rule I failed to mention in my initial list which is "plan your dive, dive your plan". I made a mistake...

Yes I'm willing to plan and execute a drive within my training and experience. Would you stop diving simply because you made mistakes and had a rough dive. I posted here as a reminder to myself and others that we can all make mistakes. Maybe I have to spell it out that I would obviously be going...

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I'm sorry if this is off topic (please if I've missed a relavent thread send me packing) but I'm curious if you ever run into issues getting the tank filled? Is it really so easy as to simply drain the tank, remove the valve, and travel around? I was recently trying to look into moving with a...

To me in some respect this goes back to the "Is an H Valve fully redundant" and I would argue it is. Actual tank valve failures are incredibly rare and in the area I was diving we did not have burst disks. I always made sure that I could reach both valve handles so in case of a failure short of...

So there has been a lot more activity that I'd expected here, I'm going to try to answer as many questions and clarify as much as possible. First off, part of my beating myself up is my training, I should have known better and did a stupid. But as many have said I've learned from it. I haven't...

This happened about a month ago, I have started this post probably 5 times but needed time to become a little less emotional about it. The first few days I bounced between being really mad at myself and disappointed I got myself here and ecstatic that I'd passed the 48 hour window for DCS, so...

Hi, so I'm definitely interested but I won't be in a position to seriously consider/purchase this until April at the earliest (due to my current physical location). If it's still up for sale at that time hit me up.