Who am I and what diving do I do?

[Helen F H]

Name
Helen

Location
Orkney

First Qualified
June 2001

Club Member
YD

Highest Diving Qualification
TDI Normoxic trimix

Instructor Yes/No
Nope

What other training have you found most rewarding
GUE DIR Fundies and the Trimix ticket

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 12s and 7L

Where do you usually Dive
Scapa

Number of Dives
400 or something like that

Deepest Dive
50m

Longest Dive
83 mins at St Abbs

Favourite Dive
Tabarka....mmmmmmmm

Worst Dive
Holyhead Harbour wall.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
I would like to go as a paying customer to Shetland or somewhere like that, so i get to dive it rather than watch others dive it. Maybe somewhere warm where i can see pretty fishies. Oh, and the west coast of the USA, Montarey Bay in the Kelp forests......Mmm and possibly Iceland in the glacial meltwater with vis to the ends of the earth

What ONE other question should I have included?
Next diving goal maybe?

[DAFFY]

ok, might as well have a go



Name

Noel

Location

Kent (40 miles from the dive paradise known as Dover )

First Qualified

Started with Medway SAC back in 1980, however Girls, beer, motorbikes and more beer meant that i shelved diving, started again 2004


Club Member
YD and Woodstock divers BSAC506

Highest Diving Qualification

so far SD/Advanced nitrox

Instructor Yes/No

no

What other training have you found most rewarding

with my skill levels all and any training is of benefit

What’s your standard Kit

15l/pony and 5L deco cylinder

Where do you usually Dive

Dover/ Bovi

Number of Dives

around 100

Deepest Dive

33mtrs

Longest Dive

probabley Leybourne or under swanage pier

Favourite Dive

so far.....Either the Kyarra or UB31 have not decided


Worst Dive

have not had a worst dive although had a couple of really boring dives at leybourne

What dive/trip would you most like to do

Scapa........hopefully a club trip there next year

What ONE other question should I have included?

When do i get to complete DL

[PeeBee]

My turn

Name
Pete
Location
Basingstoke

First Qualified
sept 2004

Club Member
YD Massive

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI RD

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
RD changed the way I think about diving, hope to do a couple of courses with Mark Powell next year.

What’s your standard Kit
15 and pony (hate it) want to go to twins soon

Where do you usually Dive
Swanage or Weymouth

Number of Dives
nearly 200

Deepest Dive
40m in the red sea

Longest Dive
1 hr.

Favourite Dive
Numidia/Numibia

Worst Dive
Thistlegorm, over tired and new to Nitrox, forgot to fully open the air after analysing it, breathed fine on the surface but virtually nothing at the bottom, sorted it out quickly but seeing my SPG needle dive to zero screwed my head up, breathing rate went through the roof. Learned a lot about buddy checks and kit assembly that day.


What dive/trip would you most like to do
Aliwal Shoals

What ONE other question should I have included?
where next? Want to get into deco, wreck penetration and better photography.

[jazzie129uk]

i'll bite

Name
danny

Location
shropshire

First Qualified
16 august 1995 - bsac novice!

Club Member
bsac direct, but starting to look for a real club

Highest Diving Qualification
bsac ad

Instructor Yes/No
bsac owi, rya pb instructor

What other training have you found most rewarding
diver medic course at the london diving centre, hospital of st john and st elizabeth. they're doing another one soon...

What’s your standard Kit
twin 10s & pony of 40% (for when i feel i need it)

Where do you usually Dive
anywhere i can

Number of Dives
388 as of today. won't break 400 this year...

Deepest Dive
42m off pemba in northern mozambique

Longest Dive
83 minutes in stoney. we were chasing the carp...

Favourite Dive
oh god... erm right. the barrie in scapa. the scilies. the finger off pemba, mozambique. nufr, nacala, mozambique.

Worst Dive
stoney, doing a depth experience dive with a dl trainee. the worst hit of narc i've ever had and i lost focus. pulled it back but it was definately an experience builder...

What dive/trip would you most like to do
norway, antarctica, anywhere in pacific. the m2.

What ONE other question should I have included?
why is everyone teasing digger?

[PeeBee]

Originally Posted by jazzie129uk

i'll bite

What ONE other question should I have included?
why is everyone teasing digger?

You haven't met Digger then

[jazzie129uk]

Originally Posted by PeeBee

You haven't met Digger then

not as far as i'm aware...

[Juz]

Originally Posted by jazzie129uk

not as far as i'm aware...

OH! You'd know if you had!

Your ears would likely be bleeding and you'd have a new understanding of Mountain climbing and how base camps etc fit in.

Juz

[rustferret]

If you don't know who you are and what diving you do how am I supposed to know...........and if you dont should you be diving?

Rustferret

[Aerodive]

Originally Posted by rustferret

If you don't know who you are and what diving you do how am I supposed to know...........and if you dont should you be diving?

Rustferret

ey! ey!
stop startin and start stoppin!

LOL

[Paulharris]

Name
Paul Harris
Location
Essex
First Qualified
92 ish
Club Member
Appleton SAA
Instructor
Not fully
What other training have you found beneficial
T D I adv nitrox (cuts stop times)
Standard Kit
Twin 15s + 7s
Where do you dive
Brighton area
Number of Dives
200 ish
Deepest dive
59m
Longest dive
106 mins
Favorite dive
Discovering D3 Submarine
Worst dive
Thistlegorm during the rush hour (too busy)
Dive most want to do
The next one