movie of the week: Open Water

by MegaDude 30 Replies latest social entertainment

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  MegaDude

  You might add a reminder to exhale all the way to the surface, should the user find themselves in an uncontrolled ascent

  My dive master told us some pretty horrible stories about not exhaling on the way up to drill it into us to keep breathing regularly. One was about a guy who was cleaning a diving pool, 18 feet deep, with a scuba tank. He was taking a break and took off his tank and took a breath off it, held it and shot for the surface. He was lucky. He ended up coughing up some blood but no major damage.

  Of course, this is the same dive master who told me about skip breathing as a way to get more bottom time off my tank, which can make a dive go really wrong really fast. Steady breathing is the way to go, short dive or not.
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  Princess

  I can't breathe just reading this stuff.

  I'm still in shock at how quickly Ross and Jerry turned on me.

  I still say the sprinkler system is a toy since Steve benefits the most by it. As for the Excursion, it has his name on it...so does his NPR and HE bought the Land Cruiser last year.

  It's unfair I say...UNFAIR.
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  Xena

  Sounds creepy Mega.

  Once when we were in Caymen doing a night shore dive....just Tyydyy and myself....he (like usual) ran out of air and we had to surface swim back....it was pitch black and we had to struggle against the current...I swear I heard the Jaws theme music in my mind the entire way back!

  I really need to get re-certified, I miss diving.
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  Steve Egner

  Ross,

  I've seen one guy do the "Polaris Missile" impersonation where he cleared the surface all barring his fins!!!

  That would have been quite a sight! Our divemaster related the converse experience during our last class. He was guiding a group in Hawaii, off Molokini Crater. The drop location may as well have been bottomless. One of the divers, unfamiliar with his rental equipment and well out of practice, neglected to inflate at all on the descent. The shocked divemaster plunged with all speed, and retrieved him around 85 feet. The diver was not atttempting to resist his uncontrolled descent in any way, and was plummeting like a statue. In the book "Shadow Divers", they referred to that as a "dirt dive."

  Jerry

  Of course, this is the same dive master who told me about skip breathing as a way to get more bottom time off my tank, which can make a dive go really wrong really fast. Steady breathing is the way to go, short dive or not.

  You said you were thinking about investing in a bike? Just my two cents, regular aerobic activity is the best way to get more bottom time off your tank. I bike and swim, and have seen a big benefit to my diving. My regular dive buddy had to switch to a high pressure 130 cubic foot tank (3600 psi) in order to have surplus air when I reach the limit on my low pressure 80 cubic foot tank (2400 psi).

  He's biking now.

  Steve
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  MegaDude

  Steve,

  In the book "Shadow Divers", they referred to that as a "dirt dive."

  I've heard of that book. My ex-neighbor just finished it and said it was really good. He's bringing it by for me pretty soon. Did you read "The Last Dive" about the father and son who died on that U-boat wreck? Really good, and a reminder that you can't get careless with scuba diving.
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  MegaDude

  can't breathe just reading this stuff.

  I'm still in shock at how quickly Ross and Jerry turned on me.

  LOL@Princess. Just pulling your leg. We guys know we only get the toys you gals let us have.

  still say the sprinkler system is a toy since Steve benefits the most by it.

  Only if a vacuum cleaner qualifies as an anniversary present! LOL.
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  SheilaM

  OK Not sure now if I wanna dive....I mean people getting LEFT HOLY SHIT.....

  I wouldn't dive in the lakes around here too murky too much dead tree matter etc....

  Mega I am now freaked...hmmm swimming pool sounds good
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  Princess

  Only if a vacuum cleaner qualifies as an anniversary present! LOL.

  Cool, Steve gets a new one for our anniversary then.

  He gets the next toy...well technically Rhys does since his birthday is in a month. It won't even come close to the cost of a dry suit though! But the next BIG toy is Steve's.
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  xenawarrior

  just popping in to say that -yes- a sprinkler system is a toy. Just as a John Deere riding lawn tractor is !!

  As you were
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  Princess

  Thanks for the support XW...these men are ganging up on the toy issue.

  Of course a sprinkler system is a toy! Every woman knows that.