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Although i used to spear fish at my first years of diving i finally
found that
spear guns and diving do not match at all. I would cancel my diving if
there is even one diver holding a spear gun on the boat. I would cancel
my dive if i haven't got a buddy and i will cancel my diving or i would stay
on recreational limits if there is no tekkies available which i would
trust my life to. For sure i will be on my bad side for the rest of
the day but i will try to do something else trying not to think of
it. Probably i will water ski for the rest of the day or plan some
olive trees in my garden.
No excuse for solo .
Manos.
Dogtrner1@ao*.co* wrote:
> 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
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Although i used to spear fish at my first years of diving i finally found
that<br>
spear guns and diving do not match at all. I would cancel my diving if<br>
there is even one diver holding a spear gun on the boat. I would cancel
<br>
my dive if i haven't got a buddy and i will cancel my diving or i would
stay<br>
on recreational limits if there is no tekkies available which i would<br>
trust my life to. For sure i will be on my bad side for the rest of<br>
the day but i will try to do something else trying not to think of<br>
it. Probably i will water ski for the rest of the day or plan some<br>
olive trees in my garden.<br>
<br>
No excuse for solo .<br>
<br>
Manos. <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:Dogtrner1@ao*.co*">Dogtrner1@aol.com</a> wrote:<br>
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In a message dated 9/23/2001 6:45:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:trey@ne*.co*">trey@netdor.com</a>
writes: <br>
<br>
<br>
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Joel, you are right on this one - everyone seems to have this problem <br>
finding people to dive with. </font></font></blockquote>
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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></font></blockquote>
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