Adam Grose
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The one main thing I learned in my first 20 dives (just did #20 this weekend)..... Make sure you put your weights in BEFORE you get in the water.
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I've been told my black thinsulate undergarment is very sexy!I'll add a few, although you're normally nearer 200 dives when you learn this lessons:
Apologies if any of those are 'repeats'.
- skip-breathing will conserve gas, but it will give you a splitting headache
- there is just no way to look physically attractive whilst wearing dive gear; not before going down, and certainly not after coming up
- don't forget to learn from less experienced divers - their infectious enthusiasm reminds us of the simple joys in diving
- like teenagers and beer, nitrogen narcosis seems like fun at first, but it is all too easy to go over the top too soon
- your worst day stuck on the surface wishing you were underwater is still better than your best day stuck underwater wishing you were on the surface
- if you cannot see your buddy anywhere, then s/he is almost certainly hovering above you
Things I learn't in my first 20 dives.
Don't inflate your DSMB using air you have just breathed out through your exhaust valve while in the presence of a BSAC instructor ( I know its a bad practice but using my Poseidon Cyclones it works very well )
Laugh more, diving is more fun when you relax.