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--part1_59.1079e8a1.28dfdc65_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 9/23/2001 6:45:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, trey@ne*.co* writes: > Joel, you are right on this one - everyone seems to have this problem > finding people to dive with. George, This past summer I was, by the grace of god, able to quit my job and dive almost every day, sometimes both morning, afternoon and night (at least one night a week) Granted not every dive was a tech dive:) However, finding someone that could have invested that kind of money and time was simply impossible. Hence, I had no choice but to dive solo. When I was guiding dives, I still had to consider myself a solo diver, because I was diving with people with one or two dives, or people who had not dove in a year or more. Now that winter is here--sort of. Diving has slacked off since Labor Day, I will have the opportunity to dive with some people, as the boats will be more limited. However, we still run into the problem--not so much with tech dives, because I spear fish. (Believe me, I don't do that at night, nor do I do it after certain depths--usually 150 or so.) So what is a person to do? I will not stop diving. I will not not dive. It is my sanity and my savior. And who wants to be in the water with a person that you have to watch the entire dive (a stranger, who happens to be on the boat)? I don't really have the money to waste (45.00 a trip for recreational, and 60.00 a trip for tech) to call the dive simply because there is no one on the boat that I feel comfortable diving with. I had that happen this summer. I had an instructor who advocated drinking immediately after a dive when he was fully expecting to do another dive (he was *teaching* a tech class). And there were a whole lot of other problems on that first day of diving (we did the Rodeo the first dive---couldn't get on the Guy Harvey due to as fishing boat on the wreck) To the point that I went to my instructor, who also owns the boat, and told him I would not get in the water the next several days, even tho I had already paid for the dives. That was an extremely dangerous situation. Now, you and I discussed that situation privately----and I would ask that the names be kept silent, as that *instructor* is still under investigation by two organizations. However, as a matter of aside, I would like, in a separate post, discuss all the problems that I saw on those dives, and get some *positive* feedback. I am not interesting in attacks, but rather some learning, if everyone is open, Let me know Karla Clinch --part1_59.1079e8a1.28dfdc65_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 9/23/2001 6:45:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, trey@ne*.co* writes: <BR> <BR> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Joel, you are right on this one - everyone seems to have this problem <BR>finding people to dive with. </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE> <BR></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"> <BR>George, <BR> <BR>This past summer I was, by the grace of god, able to quit my job and dive almost every day, sometimes both morning, afternoon and night (at least one night a week) <BR> <BR>Granted not every dive was a tech dive:) However, finding someone that could have invested that kind of money and time was simply impossible. <BR> <BR>Hence, I had no choice but to dive solo. When I was guiding dives, I still had to consider myself a solo diver, because I was diving with people with one or two dives, or people who had not dove in a year or more. <BR> <BR>Now that winter is here--sort of. Diving has slacked off since Labor Day, I will have the opportunity to dive with some people, as the boats will be more limited. <BR> <BR>However, we still run into the problem--not so much with tech dives, because I spear fish. (Believe me, I don't do that at night, nor do I do it after certain depths--usually 150 or so.) <BR> <BR>So what is a person to do? I will not stop diving. I will not not dive. It is my sanity and my savior. And who wants to be in the water with a person that you have to watch the entire dive (a stranger, who happens to be on the boat)? I don't really have the money to waste (45.00 a trip for recreational, and 60.00 a trip for tech) to call the dive simply because there is no one on the boat that I feel comfortable diving with. <BR> <BR>I had that happen this summer. <BR> <BR>I had an instructor who advocated drinking immediately after a dive when he was fully expecting to do another dive (he was *teaching* a tech class). And there were a whole lot of other problems on that first day of diving (we did the Rodeo the first dive---couldn't get on the Guy Harvey due to as fishing boat on the wreck) To the point that I went to my instructor, who also owns the boat, and told him I would not get in the water the next several days, even tho I had already paid for the dives. That was an extremely dangerous situation. <BR> <BR>Now, you and I discussed that situation privately----and I would ask that the names be kept silent, as that *instructor* is still under investigation by two organizations. <BR> <BR>However, as a matter of aside, I would like, in a separate post, discuss all the problems that I saw on those dives, and get some *positive* feedback. I am not interesting in attacks, but rather some learning, if everyone is open, <BR> <BR>Let me know <BR>Karla Clinch</FONT></HTML> --part1_59.1079e8a1.28dfdc65_boundary-- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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