Who am I and what diving do I do?

[sas steve]

Name
Steve

Location
Poole Now (Wales)

First Qualified
1976 ( Don't take the p##s)

Club Member
No One will have me

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI CD / HSE Part 4./IANTD Instructor

Instructor Yes/No
YES

What other training have you found most rewarding
Chamber and medical training

What’s your standard Kit
Complete workshop full of different kit from singles to twins and FFM's

Where do you usually Dive
Poole/Swanage

Number of Dives
Wet: 6000+
Dry: 1000+

Deepest Dive
70mt Red Sea on Air (Muppet)
Longest Dive
7.5 hours Comex

Favourite Dive
Kyarra

Worst Dive
Not had it yet but Dorothea quarry will not be on my list of places to revisit.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Galapagos islands again

What ONE other question should I have included?
Wales for the 6 nations Champions this year ?( Sorry)

[Ian30]

Name
Ian

Location
North Wales

First Qualified
Jan 2001 in Dorothia with snow on the hills.

Club Member
Whats a club?

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI AOW
IMCA LST

Instructor Yes/No
Nah to much effort
ALS Instructor (medical)
BLS and AED instructor

What other training have you found most rewarding
LST and Advanced Cardiac Life Support. LST lets me play with chambers and Living habitats for saturation divers, the other lets me cut them up if the shi*t hits the fan.

What’s your standard Kit
Single 12's with Wing.

Where do you usually Dive
Not for a while but been bitten by the bug once again, and the wife is going crazy with the money i am spending.

Number of Dives
Wet: 60
Dry: 12 only for treating people though.

Deepest Dive
42m on air Isle of man
Longest Dive
70 Minutes

Favourite Dive
Elphinstone watching the shoaling hammerheads come up to feed at 6am in the morning

Worst Dive
Seeing my Buddy disappear to the surface at rapid speeds from 30m and then visit the Decompression chamber in Douglas.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Too much to chose from will i live long enough to see everything?

What ONE other question should I have included?
Who wants to go diving with me?
Wales for the 6 nations Champions this year ?( Sorry)
Too right they are.

[justme]

Name
Stu
Location
norfolk uk

First Qualified
06/11/2004

Club Member
NOPE not yet looking

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI OW

Instructor Yes/No
NO CHANCE

What other training have you found most rewarding
LEARNIN TO DRIVE
What’s your standard Kit
SINGLE TANK RIG

Where do you usually Dive
THE BATH ATM
Number of Dives
4 hangs head in shame

Deepest Dive

15m
Longest Dive
38 mins

Favourite Dive
my last dive in my ow course
Worst Dive

the first dive in my ow course gildy in nov in a 7mm semi dry
What dive/trip would you most like to do
any in the sea

What ONE other question should I have included?

[Jay_Benson]

Name
Jay

Location
Belper, Derbyshire

First Qualified
01/06/2001 PADI OW

Club Member
Ashbourne SAC

Highest Diving Qualification
Sports Diver

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
First Aid

What’s your standard Kit
Tek Wing plus 12l single, ND CNX dry suit blah blah blah

Where do you usually Dive
Anywhere I can get an invite too.

Number of Dives
40

Deepest Dive
36m at Stoney in January 2008

Favourite Dive
UC-70

Worst Dive
Stoney in january in the pit when I had my first hit of narcosis.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
The sea. Anywhere

[Juz]

Originally Posted by justme

Number of Dives
4 hangs head in shame

Hey Stu, we were all, each and every one of us, in the same position once. No need to hang head mate, just get out there and do some diving and update this thread in 6 or 12 months time!

Juz

[Sixsquid]

Originally Posted by Juz

Hey Stu, we were all, each and every one of us, in the same position once. No need to hang head mate, just get out there and do some diving and update this thread in 6 or 12 months time!

Juz

Absolutely and YD is the place to get cracking

[Carey]

Name
Carey

Location
Peckham, London

First Qualified
10th June 2007 PADI OW

Club Member
Dive Solutions, London

Highest Diving Qualification
Advanced Open Water

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
First Aid

What’s your standard Kit
Still building kit, saving for reg's and wing.

Where do you usually Dive
UK, with any site going.

Number of Dives
33

Deepest Dive
24.2m on James Egan Lyne

Favourite Dive
James Egan Lyne to date

Worst Dive
None yet!

What dive/trip would you most like to do
The wash.

[SMB]

Name
David

Location
Lancashire

First Qualified
Club Diver 8.7.03

Club Member
Darwen/ Ribble Valley SAC

Highest Diving Qualification
Advanced Diver BSAC

Instructor Yes/No
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding
Search and Recovery

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 10's and deco

Where do you usually Dive
Scotland. N. East/ Wales

Number of Dives
300 +

Deepest Dive
55M

Longest Dive
75 mins

Favourite Dive
Amber Rose (IOM) the wrecks at Scapa

Worst Dive
Most of those in Anglesey

What dive/trip would you most like to do
St Kilda next

[Suzuki416]

Name
Pete

Location
London

First Qualified
PADI OW 2002 - Rhodes

Club Member
N/a

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI Assistant Instructor

Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
The PADI EFR Instructor course

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 10's

Where do you usually Dive
Brighton / Weymouth

Number of Dives
500 +

Deepest Dive
50M

Longest Dive
75 mins

Favourite Dive
Rosilie Muller - Red Sea

Worst Dive
None - although some have been 'very challenging'

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Norway - & dive with Orca's.

[yazzyfooty]

Hello David

Welcome to the madhouse otherwise known as Yorkshire Divers.