Northwest Dive Club

Who me?

Yer darn skippy I did. And I found my snorkel and dive knife under the seat too!

School bus. Remove the seats. Awesome. Short or Long? Personally, I'd go for the short bus 'cause it has the nifty hydraulic ramp for lifting gear. That and it would remind me of my childhood. #-o Either. Lots 'o dive buddies? Long. Also good for extended trips when retrofitted with beds, toilets a...

School bus. Remove the seats.

Start simple. Grab a snorkel and navigate to the honeybear at Cove 2 on the surface. Get a bearing from one of the boundary line buoys, pop the snorkel in and kick. Don't look up to check your progress. Once you're confident you can swim from the 4th buoy to the piling that marks the bow consistentl...

dsteding got it right. The shower is there grasshopper; use it. Commuter mugs are insanely popular for a reason. Breakfast sandwiches were invented for multitasking Americans. I have no advice on what to do about the speeding ticket though. For those of us who aren't minute men. #-o You could always...

Pez7378 wrote:Well, as the story goes, Joe ... peed himself.

That part's true.

The rest of it...



...Not so much.

Nwbrewer wrote:Sounds like "Don't Panic" is about it. Very sad set of circumstances.

Stop, Breath, Think, Act.

Not much I can say except well wishes to the surviving family, friends and the rescuers.

Romer Treece wrote:Happy bday you sexy old man!

First Pez and 'stiq. Now...

Happy Birthday!

Bring it on tough guy. :naka: We have knives, spear guns, Don't forget binkies! What's a binkies? :dontknow: It's plural for "binky," which is slang for pacifier (a nipple provided to a baby for comfort sucking and parental sanity) and was recently used to refer to a dive computer. :book:...

All your Mountain Fish are belong to NWDC.

mattwave wrote:I like Chris

This is either good or a really really really disturbing.

Those of you know know my real name should be laughing right now.

Burntchef wrote:... it looks like we may have to "clean up" this nwdc . i fear they may know something...

Bring it on tough guy. :naka: We have knives, spear guns, and can breath underwater. Ever seen Thunderball?

Bode well for you this does not.

Tom Nic wrote:WE WANT A DETAILED DIVE REPORT!!

And don't forget the stories of another PNW diver making us look like gods among mortals.

Welcome back!

I don't fear your one-inch bully!

This one!

You could risk it, you could buy proplugs and risk it, or see Dr. Kay. His address is at the bottom of his web page.

I recommend the latter option.

I dissected starfish for my intro zoology class. Those aren't starfish guts.

Linky

Or you take a lot of PADI classes that require that you don and doff your BC at the surface? I've taken off my BP/W on the surface twice. Release waist buckle, undo crotch strap, undo drysuit hose and take off bungied octo if so equipped, slide one arm out, slide other arm out. I wasn't in a pool e...

The steel BP takes weight off your belt, and puts it above your lungs, where it helps you trim out better. Most BC's have a lot of inherent bouyancy, which means you get to take off whatever weight you're using now to counteract that. For example: when I started diving I wore 40lbs on a (rental) we...

My computer is on my right arm and my left hand holds the canlight head and manages my wing's inflator and un/clipping my SPG. I can use either hand for my drysuit inflator. Come to think of it I use my right hand to inflate my wing occasionally.

What an odd dive. Just when you think you're getting the hang of it Lake WA throws you a curve ball. I should know better by now... :toimonster: My dad (the fisherman) informs me Sockeye will spawn in the south end of the lake near cold-water-springs that pump oxygenated water into the lake. That's ...

I use a zipper cleaning solution/brush and zipper wax available at NWSD that seems to work great. Zipper cleaner once every week to one month depending on your dive schedule and zipper wax after every rinse/dry session. I also rinse the bloody heck out of the suit after a dive in salt water. I'll ju...

No drysuit card. No class. No checkout dives with an instructor. I was simply dropped in the water with a half-full steel 72 and told (as my feet hit the water) "sink or swim" followed by the most manically evil [/b] laughter I've ever heard. :pale: :smt119 I'm just kidding :evil4: Well, n...