Who am I and what diving do I do?

[Sipadan]

"Highest Diving Qualification
Padi AOW

Deepest Dive
70m"

good for you, i'd defend your right to take risks (and possibly kill yourself) in the way that you see fit.

[DecoWarrior]

Name
kieran
Location
stoke
First Qualified
sept 1996
Club Member
no, started off in a bsac club but then moved on
Highest Diving Qualification
bsac advanced, iantd nitrox
Instructor Yes/No
No
What other training have you found most rewarding
experience experience experience, and good mentoring rather than structured training
What’s your standard Kit
inspo
Where do you usually Dive
anywhere
Number of Dives
unknown but i would have imagined lots, retired from diving now but still have an interest in the wrecks
Deepest Dive
135m
Longest Dive
345mins
Favourite Dive
transylvania or the niagara
Worst Dive
hhmmm theres been a few, i would say a few in the irish sea the treveal was spectacularly unimpressive
or the special wreck off newcastle a few people on here will know what i am on about hahahahahah
What dive/trip would you most like to do
i would have liked to have done the royal oak, the amazon, the lusitania the carpathia, viminali, lots of wrecks

[JasonP]

Originally Posted by Sipadan

good for you, i'd defend your right to take risks (and possibly kill yourself) in the way that you see fit.

Absolutely, though if I were on the same Red Sea liveaboard, I'd rather people killed themselves on the last day so it doesn't sod up my holiday.

I've known people personally who haven't made it back from that sort of dive. And with an awful lot more experience.

Jason

[Buoyant Babe]

Originally Posted by Garf

We all make our own choices in life and as long as we don't hurt anyone else, then ce la vie.

I think you'll find that's "C'est la Vie". I tried biting my tongue but just couldn't

[Sixsquid]

Originally Posted by Garf

I can't imagine that Martin cares that everyone will think he's a suicidal nutcase with the life expectancy of a mouse wearing "eau du catnip" in a room full of leopards.

LOL
Sorry, haven't heard that analogy before, made I laugh

Anyway, yeah. Everyone can take there own risks but I echo Jase's sentiments and just how pissed off does everyone get when someone chooses to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train in rush hour

There have also been many arguments made about diver's doing, possibly, stupid things causing all divers problems with legislation, nanny rules, higher insurance premiums ..... Just food for thought

[dweezal]

Name
Peter

Location
UAE

First Qualified
2006

Club Member
Nearly - BSAC

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI AOW

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
no further training yet, just gaining experience

What’s your standard Kit
Single 12 or 15, poseidon jetstreams

Where do you usually Dive
UAE and Oman

Number of Dives
35

Deepest Dive
35m

Longest Dive
70mins

Favourite Dive
Musandam

Worst Dive
Cement Barge of Dubai - 1m viz due to all the dredging works offshore

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Red Sea, Maldives, Thailand, bikini Atoll, anywhere warm

[Xav]

Name
Xavier

Location
Falmouth, Cornwall

First Qualified
2005

Club Member
Sea Fans

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI MSD

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
Rescue diver course was amazing fun and made me a much better diver. Doing my DM course ar the minute which I'm loving every minute of.

What’s your standard Kit
Single 12

Where do you usually Dive
Cornish Shore and Boat Dives

Number of Dives
75

Deepest Dive
37m

Longest Dive
65

Favourite Dive
Um El Faroud - Malta, Anywhere in the Farnes

Worst Dive
50 mins lying on the bottom of the sea waiting for rescue diver students to find the 'missing diver'.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Red Sea, Galapagos

[Aerodive]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

LOL
Sorry, haven't heard that analogy before, made I laugh

Anyway, yeah. Everyone can take there own risks but I echo Jase's sentiments and just how pissed off does everyone get when someone chooses to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train in rush hour

There have also been many arguments made about diver's doing, possibly, stupid things causing all divers problems with legislation, nanny rules, higher insurance premiums ..... Just food for thought

I agree completely!
Nutters can endanger other people!, What do you do if your new-found buddy starts to do deep/crazy things on a dive? how far do you follow?.
I've been lucky so far and haven't dived with anyone beyond my limits yet.

you didn't mention the usage of our brave search and rescue services!, will there be a time when people will be billed if they're deemed reckless??

[A. Berk]

Name
Berko, until you get to know me better.

Location
Pattaya, Thailand

First Qualified
Dec '71 RN

Club Member
Would not join a club that would have me as a member.

Highest Diving Qualification
HSE Pt II saturation diver '79, PADI OWSI (lapsed) '95, AODC/IMCA Saturation supervisor '88.

Instructor Yes/No
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding?
Diver medic technician, 2 weeks messing in ER, ambulances and corpses!


What’s your standard Kit
Oxygen tank, goggles and flippers and a Sony DVX 1000 with Kowolski Xenon lamps.

Where do you usually Dive?
Where I am.

Number of Dives
No idea... but have 4 profession divers logbooks full - don't log sport dives.

Deepest Dive
432m - Brazil

Longest Dive
15 hours - not funny.

Favourite Dive
Every one I got paid for.

Worst Dive
1972, night-dive under an aircraft carrier in Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta... CO2 hit & blackout.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
To spend 5 or 6 hours filmming the 'Brittanic' from saturation.

What ONE other question should I have included?
Do you really enjoy what you do?
Its my life and has been since as far back as I can remember... I knew an atmosphere was 33ft/14.7 psi in primary school ffs, how sad is that?

Berko

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[Davwardo]

Name
Dave

Location
Bournemouth

First Qualified
15/12/2002 - PADI OW

Club Member
Clidive ( BSAC 410 ) & Diving Dorset ( BSAC 006 ).

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI RD / BSAC Sports with Advanced Nitrox.

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
Like most people, I enjoyed PADI RD. It’s a course that makes you stop and think about things. I am in the middle of Dive Leader with BSAC which I am enjoying as well.

What’s your standard Kit
Single & pony.

Where do you usually Dive
Local dives around Poole / Swanage etc with 006. All over SW with 410 ( Plymouth, Cornwall, Portland ). Try to get 2/3 warm water trips in per year.

Number of Dives
130 ( most in last 2 years ).

Deepest Dive
38m

Longest Dive
70 mins

Favourite Dive
Abroad
Grand Cenote, Mexico – just an amazing dive. Stalactites and stalagmites, crystal clear water and the memory of trudging through the jungle in my dive gear to find the cenote entrance.
Wilderness Wall, Cayman Brac – first wall dive. Wow.
UK
Runnel Stone. Just a great dive site.

Worst Dive
Doing AOW in Oman ( less than 10 dives at time ). Our instructor took us out for our night dive to a location he had never dived himself. Back rolled off the boat into 2 metres of water. Went to new location and was told to back roll in again. Luckily, one of the other students noticed rocks about half a metre below the surface! Went to 3rd location and did a very low vis, scary dive (plankton bloom) which finished with me nearly ending up in a massive net.

Whole thing taught me to think for myself and not to place your life in someone’s hands simply because they are a guide / instructor. Now, I would call the dive as soon as they mentioned they hadn’t done the dive in daylight!

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Cocos & Galapagos

What ONE other question should I have included?
What are your diving goals / plans for next 12 months (in fact, may ask this myself in new thread).