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Patrick Galvin
17-01-2006, 22:36
Hello, its me again. Since i came onto this forum which was a matter of about 1 or 2 days ago i have received so much support and links from everyone and i thank you up most!
I went to the local diving centre which i didnt know existed until people from this board mentioned it. My mum came along but i went in to ask questions and find out information inside the main complex. I did not have time to go round shouting nick etc as my mum was on a tight schedule. Anyways i talked to the lady and she said the "learn to dive" programme has already started and the next one will start next january, however she said i could start asap and still get onto the programme. i was like wow :eek: at this point she asks for information about home address to give the information pack and i was extactic. She also revealed they have 2 marine biologists, which is exactly what i want tobe.. inspiration! :D At this point i realised what this may do to the bank, even the nice lady in the red top said so too, so i finished talking and was going out thinking oh dear shes going to say no, and my mum was like right ok so were going to get you in next week. !!! :) how could i possibly hold in my excitement. Now i hope everything goes to plan, even if i dont start next week i will almost be definately going along again. I hope evrything now goes to plan. Thankyou all again and again for your amazing, helpfull contributions. The BSAC population has officialy risen :p
-Pat!
Alan Ewart
17-01-2006, 22:39
it's great to see such unbridled enthusiasm.
Which club did you touch in with. They deserve some public recognition :D
Patrick Galvin
17-01-2006, 23:16
Scunthorpe BSAC/449 i think thats right. not entirely sure.
glad you enjoyed it Pat and your getting into it soon - good luck over the next weeks with the theory and pool stuff :)
Scunthorpe BSAC/449 i think thats right. not entirely sure.
That's it you've done it now - welcome to a life time of all your spare cash plus 20% of your non spare cash going on diving:D
If its only 20% your doing well :D
Nick Kay
19-01-2006, 12:55
Read the thread...
Its 20% of his Mum's spare cash... :p
(and, yes we are Scunthorpe/449)
John Williams
19-01-2006, 13:39
Read the thread...
Its 20% of his Mum's spare cash... :p
And if she's half as good as most Yorkshire Mum's ...that is CONSIDERABLY more than 20% of his Dad's spare cash!:mad:
John
Steve Pearson
19-01-2006, 13:59
Hi Pat, is that you in the photo, how old were you when it was taken.
Patrick Galvin
24-01-2006, 23:52
14 years old lol. i cant find a suitable enough photo... i need a new one. as soon as i can find one that shows my current age ill put is as me avatar. but i have baby features, smallness and look young anyway.
LOL! my mum is definately more money giving than my dad, however i am on the course because of my dad so what can i say.
Nice to hear from someone so full of enthusiasm. Welcome to the deep!:cool:
Nick Kay
25-01-2006, 10:21
Well, he did a try dive last night and walked away with a set of club kit and a smile on his face
Welcome to this great sport and BSAC/449
Wish my parents would give me money to go diving...
But one advantage of starting now is that I havent got anything else to spend money on, so all my money goes on diving kit!!
Alan Ewart
26-01-2006, 20:28
14 years old lol. i cant find a suitable enough photo... i need a new one. as soon as i can find one that shows my current age ill put is as me avatar. but i have baby features, smallness and look young anyway.
LOL! my mum is definately more money giving than my dad, however i am on the course because of my dad so what can i say.
Come on then young fella me lad, lets be hearing about your try dive!!
Patrick Galvin
27-01-2006, 15:44
TWAS AWESOME!
I think the try dive was to make sure both i knew and that they knew i knew that i realy wanted to learn to dive [get any of that? :confused:] But after it im sure they was all certain.
My dad came along to sort all the finances out, and to know exactly what is going to happen in the however many weeks it was. [he likes to get involved] and its his money thats being spent here.
At the time i had no equipment, nor do i now. I might buy a mask or booties "maybe" as these are equipment that take certain fits and it was possibly advised to do so.
So i got there, and waited for people to flock in - i felt like an odd one out at the time, so misplaced :rolleyes: but all the people who spoke to me were very nice and supporting.
now to the diving part :D
I got to the side of the pool, and discussed pre-diving checks - buddy checks etc, and basic things but still important like lying down cyclenders on their side, spit in mask, rinse in water, then empty. The buddy check was one thing i wanted to learn the most, as your buddy relies on you and your checks so i observed closely when he was checking me. Then with another member i helped check my buddy. I learnt to carefully open the O2 valve, then open it right up, and turn it forward slightly.
So when i got in the water i already went over with my instructor safety precautions etc. At this point i was all kitted up and ready to submerge, i had to be careful excitement didn't take over 100% of my body :p and remember what my instructor had told me. In the water i did the regulator proceedure - take out of the mouth, put back in but exhale before inhale OR press the button to allow water out. Clearing the mask by lifting the bottom part up and blowing through the nose - Both of these went well. However the other one on my first attempt went a bit dodgey. I had to allow water into my mask, and then clear it. When i first allowed water in i stopped breathing, and panicked and had to come up for air. I think what happened here is that everytime water has hit my face around my eyes and nose i automaticaly have held my breath and so it happened here aswell i think. So after 5 seconds on the surface coughing, i asked to do it again. So i insisted we go to deeper water to do it, and we did [thought it would give me more concentration] So i took the whole mask of my face, couldnt see anything apart from a few blurred blobs - waited about 5 seconds then put the mask back on and got the water out of the mask. Only thing this time was i could feel water up my nose, so on the second attempt i exhaled out of my nose.
I heard that putting your mask on your forehead was to some a sign of distress, but when i did my try dive it was more of a safety precaution - incase a wave comes behind you and knock it off your head. I had never thought of it this way before.
At the end of the dive i had so much excitement left, but that went away because i was freezing my b******s off! and needed to get changed quickly. So now i cant wait to return to the water but in the mean time, i have theory to go to. Ill keep you all up to date
Patrick* :)
Alan Ewart
27-01-2006, 16:40
TWAS AWESOME!
I had to allow water into my mask, and then clear it. When i first allowed water in i stopped breathing, and panicked and had to come up for air. I think what happened here is that everytime water has hit my face around my eyes and nose i automaticaly have held my breath and so it happened here aswell i think. So after 5 seconds on the surface coughing, i asked to do it again.
Ill keep you all up to date
Patrick* :)
Oh how well I remembered that feeling!! I hated taking my mask off underwater and feeling water up my nose. I too bolted for the surface in he pool. Mask clearance is something I practice on every dive and I promise it gets easier as you get used to it.
Please do keep us posted, I for one am fascinated to see how you progress.
SOunds more like a practical lesson rather than a try dive. We try not to over burden anyone on a try dive - basics like signals and breathing! Most of all, Relax and Enjoy :D
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