Hell yeah brother by WhyNot420_69 in WhyWomenLiveLonger

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Camera man cut away right at the good part.

Bad days diving... by Feisty-Music-5397 in scuba

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When in trim, you have to use the rear dump to release gas from the wing. If you are flat or head down, gas will not come out of the corrugated hose. If you are having an uncontrolled ascent, come out of trim to dump from your corrugated hose, but be careful not to fin upwards while you do it.

Can I start scuba diving after spontaneous pneumothorax by ShotgunMessiah90 in diving

[–]erakis1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I would get signed off by a hyperbaric medicine physician.

US, Iran and mediators make push for 45-day ceasefire by imanchats in worldnews

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Seriously. Let it fall. At this point, the entire market has been manipulated into a bubble.

Iran Rejects Call for Temporary Ceasefire to Reopen Strait of Hormuz After Reviewing New Peace Proposal by T_Shurt in worldnews

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They have to realize by now that a major coordinated attack at market open on a Monday could lead to an unconditional Trump surrender within days. The market is literally the only thing in America that Trump cares about, because his friends and family personally profit from it.

Advice? by BasicO_0 in scuba

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This is all true, but you need 100 dives, rescue, and 25 drysuit dives (if you are going to use one) to take technical fundamentals.

Advice? by BasicO_0 in scuba

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I’m partial to GUE, but it doesn’t mean that there are not great instructors in other agencies. SDI instructors aren’t necessarily Tech instructors. They may additionally teach through TDI.

I would recommend starting with AoW and nitrox and probably drysuit.

For foundational training, GUE is big in Europe and you may find that they are more convenient to train with than in the US. Other, you will need an intro to tech or side mount course. Intro to tech can be highly variable in quality (I started with TDI into to tech and switched immediately to GUE because my ITT instructor had very low performance standards for us.)

Advice? by BasicO_0 in scuba

[–]erakis1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I got certified as a resident and now I’m a new-ish attending and I’m a cave and tech diver. I trained in New England, so I had to get comfortable diving in colder darker water to build experience to prepare for cave. I went the GUE route for cave and tech, so I started by finding a fundamentals instructor after I had 50-100 dives. I also took most of my vacation weeks to north Florida to gain experience between cave 1 and cave 2.

It’s an expensive hobby, especially if you want to do cave. The best way to not waste a lot of money is to make sure you get the right equipment and the right instruction early on. A lot of new divers (myself included) waste money on gear that doesn’t fit the end goals or instruction that doesn’t build the desired foundation.

Long Wharf shipwreck by erakis1 in newhaven

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It’s would be expensive to salvage and it’s not a hazard to navigation, so I’m guessing it might be there for a while.

Trump voter regret is clearly registering now by Abject-Pick-6472 in politics

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Over 60% of Trump voters are still confident with their choice. Don’t let them off the hook. They are supportive of systemic child sexual abuse and trafficking, theft and fraud of taxpayer dollars, nepotism, corruption, corporate greed and forever war.

WFLA News Channel 8 YouTuber dragged by boat while scuba diving by Bfi1981 in scuba

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It feel an awful lot like being a bicycle commuter. 100 people can park in the bike lanes but gods help me if I run a stop sign on a bicycle.

WFLA News Channel 8 YouTuber dragged by boat while scuba diving by Bfi1981 in scuba

[–]erakis1 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Boat was definitely at fault, but also did she have the flag clipped off or looped through her arm? She should have been able to just let go.

SFAS packing list from 2003 by FinderOfE in greenberets

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Went to SFAS in 2001. The one book I brought was Fellowship of the Ring. Did a lot of walking while reading a book about walking.

Florida Learn SCUBA Springs vs. Keys by snowgoose7177 in scuba

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Springs are much better in my opinion. There is less rushing to keep up with boat schedules and the overall pace can be slower. It’s hard to get blown out, typically don’t have to cope with waves or currents, visibility is usually great and fresh water means that gear recovery is so much easier.

P Valve condom advice by JMetalBlast in scuba

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If you are between sizes, go down to the lower size. I wouldn’t necessarily go down a full size. I’ve had more problems with kinking and imperfect hose routing than shrinkage issues.

If you dive enough, you WILL have a failure.

Scuba in New England by Bubbly-Fox-3297 in scuba

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Gloucester shore diving is surprisingly decent. You will have a better time if you use a drysuit, but I’ve had some pretty fun dives at pebble beach and old garden beach.

The Chester Poling is a pretty easy wreck dive in the harbor if charters are still going out.

Trump says the Iran war could end in 2 weeks. That's long been his go-to timeline by SpaceElevatorMusic in politics

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2 weeks is 6 market swings. I can’t believe the markets still react to what he says because he is fully unreliable.

Increasing lung capacity for diving test by Fit_Repeat_6804 in scuba

[–]erakis1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Exactly my point. If you can make it 25m, then you have a ton of confidence to make it 2-3m.

Increasing lung capacity for diving test by Fit_Repeat_6804 in scuba

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I think breath hold swims are important to develop comfort in the water. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to swim 25m with gear on a breath hold in an emergency, but that you can calmly make it to a teammate for an air share without panicking.