And now for the scuba report. I would say weekend report, but that is
all I did - scuba. It was really fun. On Friday we just had class and
had 4 pop quizzes. I got 90's and 100's on them. Woot. It kinda felt
like defensive driving. I know I have taken that many times. Basically
you site there, watch videos, and take a quiz. The quizzes they kind of
tell you the answers beforehand. I got the idea that the book stuff
wasn't as important as knowing what to do in the water. It was
interesting to learn what happens in the water as far as pressure and I
finally understood how metal ocean liners don't sink. Then on Saturday
we had class at first and then went to our first pool dive. One of my
classmates freaked out and she couldn't handle taking her mask off
underwater. It kind of gave us all jitters. But the thing that made it
easy was at the beginning we had to snorkel the length of the pool 12
times. Breathing through a snorkel is tough cause you have to pull air
in instead of having it pushed. So when we put our scuba regulators in
our mouths breathing became rather easy. It is sweet to be able to stay
and the bottom of a pool and not have to come up for air. We practiced
things like removing your regulator underwater and getting with your
"buddy" and taking their air. It kinda reminded me of getting a pilot's
license how they make you practice for disasters that don't normally
happen. On Sunday it was better, we got to play around a little bit and
we took the final exam. I got a 76. That was pretty good for only
reading the summary sections of the book. Someone told me there was a
video. I should've got that. Then in the pool we practiced running out
of air and towing a tired diver. It was easy. I had fun. In two weeks I
will be going to a scuba park, that should be cool. They have sunk cars
and airplanes and boats in this park and we get to explore there. Then
after that weekend I will be an official certified diver. I suppose that
means I need to go one more trips to the ocean. I'm not disappointed at
all. The hardest thing about this whole experience is not the water, or
the books, but getting up early enough to be at the scuba park by 8:30.
I wonder how I am going to pull that off...

Thought of the Day
Claude: There's a guy down the beach that runs people out to the island.

Allen: What's the name?
Claude: The guy, or the island?
Allen: I'll find him.
Splash

// posted by Brian @ 5/08/2006 12:31:00 PM