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Well, I did my dive. It was ok, but not
amazing. My buddy had trouble descending. He didn't seem to
have enough weight, and I think he was moving too much. I had too
much weight and had a hard time finding neutral. Once things
settled down, it was enjoyable. I settled into my breathing and
was doing pretty well on air. The accent however was not
textbook. We were diving around the wreck in a counter
clockwise turn. I wanted to completely circle it and start the
accent with about 1000 psi back at the mooring line. However
where I expected to find the mooring line there was no mooring
line. For some reason, the state didn't put the line on the hull
of the ship, but rather out in the debris field - which made it
difficult to locate for a novice. I couldn't find it, and my
buddy needed to ascend due to air (he was about 800), so we decided to
go up sans line. Neither my buddy or I have been diving regularly
for a while so we were rusty when it comes to controlling
buoyancy. We swam up from 60' a little faster than I would have
liked, but I still think we were within the 1/second rule. But
when my buddy hit about 15, he started having trouble staying It wasn't
a completely uncontrolled accent from there, but it wasn't good
either. I continued to swim up (still a bit faster than I would
have liked) and didn't get my safety stop. Our max
depth was about 70'. Average was about 56 I think. We were
only down for about 16 minutes. Both of our computers show us in
the clear, but still. Not a good way to end the dive. Its
kind of funny, I'm paranoid now. Any itch becomes a big
deal. *sigh* Not sure when I'll get my next
dive. Might not be for a while though. What I'd like to do
is find a nice place to review the fundamentals and figure out my
weight. That would go a long way to making sure this doesn't
happen again and ensuring I enjoy my dives. Summary Max Depth: 70' Visibility: 15-20' Surface temp: 70 or so (Balmy, I know) Bottom temp: something insane like 48 (not so balmy) Dive time: 16 minutes Verdict: mild success assuming I don't get bent in the next 24 hours. :P
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? 8/26/2005 - Hang in there!