Who am I and what diving do I do?

[Digger]

Originally Posted by Sixsquid

Mmmmm, more than 10 years diving and qualified in 2006
Can this be why you appear 10 years older than you say you are or are you a Time Lord, in which case I think you'll find the answer to the 2nd question is Galafray

Ah, yes. I was a bit preoccupied with the car. 1994 or 1996 I mean.

I am a time lard, not a time lord. A time lard seems to be someone who doesn't eat all that much and does a fair bit of exercise but is just a big guy. A lardis on the other hand is a person into which you can pour tonnes of food every day and they don't get any bigger.

I have remembered my worst dive. Anglesey. It was crap. I've tried time after time to get some decent viz and some decent diving and instead I seem to have found it replaced with a bowl of sand. Or at least the viz was that good at least.

Digs.

[gwilson]

Name
Gareth

Location
Glasgow ish

First Qualified
Sept 04 then stopped until March 06

Club Member
Atlantic divers

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI AOW, Basic NItrox


Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
GUE Fundamentals

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 12's or single depends on site

Where do you usually Dive
West Scotland sea lochs or East Coast

Number of Dives
96

Deepest Dive
32 m

Longest Dive
64 mins Javea Spain

Favourite Dive
Thistlegorm
Stallion Rock Loch Long
Shallow shore dive at Eyemouth
I could go on and on here

Worst Dive
First pool session I hated it, felt clumsy and definitely wasnt natural breathing underwater.

Burntisland harbour wall, zero viz and thumbed after 7 mins

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Scapa

What ONE other question should I have included?
Where do baby pigeons live?????

[swissdave]

Name
David

Location
Swanage/Basingstoke

First Qualified
June 05

Club Member
RAF Odiham (BSAC)

Highest Diving Qualification
Sport Diver


Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
O2 Admin

What’s your standard Kit
Twin 10's

Where do you usually Dive
South Coast/anywhere exped i can

Number of Dives
54

Deepest Dive
35 m

Longest Dive
60 mins

Favourite Dive
Zenobia
JEL(first wreck)
Black Hawk Bow(so much life)


Worst Dive
My last one, HMS Boxer, struggled down the line into a current, hit the bottom 1m vis missed the wreck drifted off to look at an empty sandy floor.



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

What ONE other question should I have included?
Why does SHMBO think there's sharks on the Kyarra???????


Dave

[Okeanos]

Name
Mark Milburn

Location
Newquay, Cornwall

First Qualified
PADI OW 02/99

Club Member
BSAC direct

Highest Diving Qualification
TDI Adv. Tmx, CCR, SDI/TDI Instructor

Instructor Yes/No
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding
Training for the marathon, it don't half help your SAC rate

What’s your standard Kit
Classic Inspo

Where do you usually Dive
Cornwall

Number of Dives
No Idea, 163 last year alone! (it's the only time I've counted)

Deepest Dive
89.5m

Longest Dive
115 mins

Favourite Dive
Richelieu Rock

Worst Dive
I'm still waiting for it, so far probably while doing my CCR course, low vis, cold and drysuit inflator stuck open while my instructor showed me the CO2 hit card!

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Sooooooooo Many, I suppose the HMS Victoria

What ONE other question should I have included?
What is your main reason for continuing in this sport/hobby?

[Sipadan]

Name
Andrew

Location
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

First Qualified
PADI OW 07/98

Club Member
Warwick University BSAC

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI DM

Instructor Yes/No
BSAC IFC

What other training have you found most rewarding
PADI RD

What’s your standard Kit
In a state of flux at the moment, it'll probably be a 7L twinset

Where do you usually Dive
No regular place, although being stuck in the ghastly midlands means that Stoney Cove features in my log book more than I would like. I can be found diving the Zenobia in Cyprus 2 - 5 times per year.

Number of Dives
308

Deepest Dive
47 m

Longest Dive
75 min

Favourite Dive
Barracuda Point, Sipadan

Worst Dive
Chapel Rock, Cyprus. First dive without a dive guide. It was very scary at the time. Ending up getting lost (!?) and having a bit of a panic. Looking back there was absolutely nothing to be afraid of. Very good learning experience though. Just had a lovely, chilled solo/photography dive at the same site, 5 years on .

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Big sharks!

[Steve S]

Name
Steve Summers

Location
Derbyshire

First Qualified
March 1998

Club Member
Heanor SAC

Highest Diving Qualification
BSAC advanced diver

Instructor Yes/No
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding
Conflict management course

What’s your standard Kit
Invert 12s and 7L or Ali 80

Where do you usually Dive
Being a landlocked Midlander I travel frequently from one end of the country to th'other in search of adventure

Number of Dives
686 logged but a few unlogged

Deepest Dive
51.5m the .5 being very important

Longest Dive
90 mins

Favourite Dive
I have many favourites but my first dive on the UC70 with 10m viz and only me and my buddy on her was pretty cool.

Worst Dive
searching for a lost diver over an 80m drop off in Shagaluf while on a single 12 of nitrox not knowing what I would do if I found him deeper than my MOD, and how could I live with myself if I didn't chance it.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
HMS Hampshire and the M1

What ONE other question should I have included?
Why is Digger a cnut?

Safe diving,
Steve

[the goat]

[QUOTEName
Lee

Location
Manchester, the posh bit

First Qualified
Feb 2002

Club Member

None really, just YD I suppose
Highest Diving Qualification

PADI AOW
Instructor Yes/No
No

What other training have you found most rewarding
The training of life
What’s your standard Kit

Still trying to work it out
Where do you usually Dive
Anywhere that ll have me. Done a few in various spots around the globe

Number of Dives
100 ish ,stopped logging the crap ones and the ones in quarries

Deepest Dive

43m in Gozo. not big not clever but I felt in good hands with a local diver
Longest Dive
65 minutes . Trefor Pier ,a belter

Favourite Dive
Probably the Farnes last year with Sue 30 metres and a million seals

Worst Dive
Not really had one yet , being rescued by the RNLI off Trearddur Bay was an experience , but the actual dive was fine.Oh wait..Stoney Cove on my AOW, a giant stride entry to the left of the bus stop( because it was busy)I landed on an outcrop of rock fully laden on my heel and spent the whole dive in agony, couldn t return next day to complete the course.

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Loads.. Galapagos, Truk,Barrier Reef,Capernwray

What ONE other question should I have included?[/quote]

Why do you feel it is necessary , as a diver, to spend loads of money on tat, compound it by lying to your loved ones about the price and realising within 15 minutes of using it that it ll never see the light of day again

[Sparky750]

No laughing at the novice


Name: Steve

Location: Just outside Liverpool

First Qualified: feb 2007

Club Member SAA

Highest Diving Qualification Saa OW

Instructor you must be joking i'm not trusted with myself

What other training have you found most rewarding Day with Mark Powell I'll be booking another soon start panicking now Mark


What’s your standard Kit 15l and pony

Where do you usually Dive anywhere like a cheap whore i'm easy

Number of Dives 43

Deepest Dive 41.5m that .5 meant alot

Longest Dive 56 mins with divebudha on a 20 min bimble (cheers mate)

Favourite Dive Every dive in Mauritius

Worst Dive Hung over/ still drunk one in anglesey

What dive/trip would you most like to do As many as i can truk, barrier reef and scapa especially though

What's the most useful tip ever passed on to you? You are not meant to pass your stab up before your weight

[Hazel W]

NameHazel

Location
Orkney just outside kirkwall

First Qualified
October 1985

Club Member
wide awake club

Highest Diving Qualification
errrr bubblemaker then i stopped counting

Instructor Yes/No
Yes

What other training have you found most rewarding
First Aid / resucs

What’s your standard Kit
non standard twin 10s usually or SCR


Where do you usually Dive
Scapa

Number of Dives
1 or 2


Deepest Dive
err ...dont know ....fairly deep


Longest Dive
4hrs 25mins .. at 2m trying to get a rope off the prop of my boat!

Favourite Dive
SMS Coln scapa

Worst Dive
4hrs 25mins .. at 2m trying to get a rope off the prop of my boat!

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Truk or bikini

What ONE other question should I have included?[/quote]
why ...after spending so much time in the water ....do divers smell?

[ratcliffe]

Name
Derek

Location
Leicester

First Qualified
June 1994

Club Member
Nothing apart from YD

Highest Diving Qualification
PADI MSD

Instructor Yes/No
Not on your nelly!

What other training have you found most rewarding
Rescue, and Mark Powell's buoyancy workshop.

What’s your standard Kit
To you older heads, PADI 1994 vintage plus a pony. To everyone else, two regs on main cylinder, Octo on the same length hose as the primary, plus a pony with its own reg.

Where do you usually Dive
Hard to answer. Most common dive site is Stoney Cove, but I do about 60:40 freshwater vs Sea, mainly because of my location.

Number of Dives
139

Deepest Dive
41 metres in Tenerife, 35 metres in UK, 51 metres in chamber

Longest Dive
67 mins, Swanage Pier 2006

Favourite Dive
El Puertito, Tenerife, diving with turtles, twice in 2006.

Worst Dive
One Wednesday evening at 5 metres in Stoney Cove, kit problems, mask problems, everything just crap and it cost me about 30 quid for the evening

What dive/trip would you most like to do
Probably red sea (if it wasn't so hot), or Scapa.

What ONE other question should I have included?What are you drinking, its my round ?