Megalodon Training at ISC
Megalodon Training at ISC
Well yesterday was day one training with Leon at ISC on the Meg. It was a long day, 8am-7pm-ish but it was amazing how fast if went by.
The first day was taken up with Rebreather theory, taking ALOT of the mystery out of them. P02 set point diving.. and going over the Meg's Head, Calibration and Scrubber packing.
There will be more later today after I get back, just wanted to wet peoples appitite and maybe take some mystery out of the whole thing if I can. I do know that I don't look at the rebreather as some dangerous mystery box anymore, they really are very simple and not nearly as dangerous as I once belived. Leon is an excelet instructor and Hey, he designed and built the Meg, whats not to like about getting trained by him?
I'll update this thread tomorrow morning as I go along, if you have any questions, please ask and I'll do my best to answer... or pass off the question to Josh, calvin, mel, or one of the other excellent RB divers we have on this board
The first day was taken up with Rebreather theory, taking ALOT of the mystery out of them. P02 set point diving.. and going over the Meg's Head, Calibration and Scrubber packing.
There will be more later today after I get back, just wanted to wet peoples appitite and maybe take some mystery out of the whole thing if I can. I do know that I don't look at the rebreather as some dangerous mystery box anymore, they really are very simple and not nearly as dangerous as I once belived. Leon is an excelet instructor and Hey, he designed and built the Meg, whats not to like about getting trained by him?
I'll update this thread tomorrow morning as I go along, if you have any questions, please ask and I'll do my best to answer... or pass off the question to Josh, calvin, mel, or one of the other excellent RB divers we have on this board
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Sweet, dude! I'm stoked for you- hope you survive the pool session today!
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I have a question or two or three or four, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Also with so little air in those tanks on your back, how can you stay down for so long?
Third, does monster energy drinks increase your bottom time?
Fourth, is it true "once you go black, you don't go back"?
Also with so little air in those tanks on your back, how can you stay down for so long?
Third, does monster energy drinks increase your bottom time?
Fourth, is it true "once you go black, you don't go back"?
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When you exhale the air goes back into the bottle. Duh.Dashrynn wrote:Also with so little air in those tanks on your back, how can you stay down for so long?
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Me not so smart, thanks! Me know now.johnclark wrote:When you exhale the air goes back into the bottle. Duh.Dashrynn wrote:Also with so little air in those tanks on your back, how can you stay down for so long?
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7Dashrynn wrote:I have a question or two or three or four, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
Willpower and testosterone.Dashrynn wrote:Also with so little air in those tanks on your back, how can you stay down for so long?
Dashrynn wrote:Third, does monster energy drinks increase your bottom time?
Tests are inconclusive, but Laura James in entering into her tenth year of Sugar Free Redbull saturation dive testing. You should ask her about that. (it helps to carry a recording device so you can play her replies back at 1/4 speed)
Are you having trouble "going back?" Maybe you should talk to a doctor or something. But remember: Just be yourself, dude.Dashrynn wrote:Fourth, is it true "once you go black, you don't go back"?
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Do you think I should? Every since I have gone black, I find myself disliking every color out there. Notably yellow, but most say "yellow is safer" well I still like black. It's just so hard not to look cool when you have a big black thing behind you or all around you or in front of you.Joshua Smith wrote:Are you having trouble "going back?" Maybe you should talk to a doctor or something. But remember: Just be yourself, dude.Dashrynn wrote:Fourth, is it true "once you go black, you don't go back"?
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Ok, day 2 in the books... but if your looking for any report that makes sense your going to be disappointed.... 5 hours STRAIT in the pool doing drills.. *Sigh*
I did learn a lot and am real comfortable in the water on the meg... first thing you notice, QUIET.. like REALLY quiet.. I can hear people talking on the surface kinda quiet.. love that, it's the main reason I dive in the first place. 2nd thing I noticed, No clock... on OC I'm anal about knowing what the presure in my tanks are all the time, on a rebreather not so much.. now I'm anal about knowing what my PPO2 is LOL, but it's different somehow.
Now I know what people mean when they say they wished they would have gone to a Rebreather sooner, you just don't know what your missing. I remember hearing all the stories about how dangerous they are, etc etc and I'm sorry, I can see how you can get yourself in a world of hurt fast but if your a methotical diver and PAY attention, I don't see them as dangerous and in some ways safer... I would call it a wash in the over-all saftey department to me so far.
Tomorrow is all acidemic at Leon's house then off to my first open water dive on Sunday
And Dash, you don't have to lie to kick it dude, your friends will still be your friends... just introduce him to us all so we can say hi
I'll have more pictures tomorrow if I'm still awake enough to post some LOL Now I thi Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
I did learn a lot and am real comfortable in the water on the meg... first thing you notice, QUIET.. like REALLY quiet.. I can hear people talking on the surface kinda quiet.. love that, it's the main reason I dive in the first place. 2nd thing I noticed, No clock... on OC I'm anal about knowing what the presure in my tanks are all the time, on a rebreather not so much.. now I'm anal about knowing what my PPO2 is LOL, but it's different somehow.
Now I know what people mean when they say they wished they would have gone to a Rebreather sooner, you just don't know what your missing. I remember hearing all the stories about how dangerous they are, etc etc and I'm sorry, I can see how you can get yourself in a world of hurt fast but if your a methotical diver and PAY attention, I don't see them as dangerous and in some ways safer... I would call it a wash in the over-all saftey department to me so far.
Tomorrow is all acidemic at Leon's house then off to my first open water dive on Sunday
And Dash, you don't have to lie to kick it dude, your friends will still be your friends... just introduce him to us all so we can say hi
I'll have more pictures tomorrow if I'm still awake enough to post some LOL Now I thi Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
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Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
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*Tired*
So yesterday was the first day of open water and the day previous was all class room... remember that math class in high school and you wondered when you would ever need that stuff? Yeah, that math.
Open water was AWSOME. Didn't have near the issues with my bouyancy that I was told I would have Leon had me pretty squared away in the wieghting dept, needed 14lbs in my pockets to get under with Optimal loop volume and it was sweet from there. If I had to describe it, wearing doubles is like driving a Mac truck, very stable. Rebreather more like driving a Ferrari, much less window for bouyancy but stable-ish, I didn't hit the bottom.... Don't mind sucking at something just don't want to look bad doing it
126 minutes Dive time and I used 900psi that was AWSOME... Leon swam me around for 2 hours or so, I saw parts of Sund rock I didn't think exsisted.... Like ALL the parts. THEN he starts skills and drills... Love the wait till your F@#king tired as hell then do them, but it turned out good. After the OC bailout he swam me around a bit on OC, I can tell you that I REALLY wanted to get back on the loop. OC just didn't feel "right" anymore. Interesting how having 400-ish dives on OC and in 5 hours of Reabreather time OC don't feel like home anymore, just my observation.
One more day with Leon this week and I'll be ready to go it myself, so lets start planning some dives
So yesterday was the first day of open water and the day previous was all class room... remember that math class in high school and you wondered when you would ever need that stuff? Yeah, that math.
Open water was AWSOME. Didn't have near the issues with my bouyancy that I was told I would have Leon had me pretty squared away in the wieghting dept, needed 14lbs in my pockets to get under with Optimal loop volume and it was sweet from there. If I had to describe it, wearing doubles is like driving a Mac truck, very stable. Rebreather more like driving a Ferrari, much less window for bouyancy but stable-ish, I didn't hit the bottom.... Don't mind sucking at something just don't want to look bad doing it
126 minutes Dive time and I used 900psi that was AWSOME... Leon swam me around for 2 hours or so, I saw parts of Sund rock I didn't think exsisted.... Like ALL the parts. THEN he starts skills and drills... Love the wait till your F@#king tired as hell then do them, but it turned out good. After the OC bailout he swam me around a bit on OC, I can tell you that I REALLY wanted to get back on the loop. OC just didn't feel "right" anymore. Interesting how having 400-ish dives on OC and in 5 hours of Reabreather time OC don't feel like home anymore, just my observation.
One more day with Leon this week and I'll be ready to go it myself, so lets start planning some dives
If I'm killed by the questions like a cancer,
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
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Life isn't like a box of chocolate's, life is like a box of chocolate and horse bisket's and no matter which one you get you have to keep on chewing...
Then I'll be buried in the silence of the answer.
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Great class report, Kyle! Reading it made me grin; it really reminded me of my class. I forgot how striking the silence was at first.
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Once you make it back to town look me up if you want to do some local diving.
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You the rEvo diver I see in Tacoma Scuba sometimes? I live in Lakewood so I'm around LOLsea2summit wrote:Once you make it back to town look me up if you want to do some local diving.
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I'm doing my open water dives with Mel for my rEvo at the end of the month... I like to see what other people have gone though before I do my class
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Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :pGeek wrote:You the rEvo diver I see in Tacoma Scuba sometimes? I live in Lakewood so I'm around LOLsea2summit wrote:Once you make it back to town look me up if you want to do some local diving.
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No you won't, you breath like a fish, you don't need a rebreather... of course you need to get a light or I might think about itcitycatred wrote: Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :p
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You seem like a pretty smart kid, build one! There are design's all over. Go take a machining class through your school, machine yourself a canister and alum light head and message one of the light guru's (airsix or nwbrewer) for the guts.Geek wrote:No you won't, you breath like a fish, you don't need a rebreather... of course you need to get a light or I might think about itcitycatred wrote: Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :p
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Well if you ever showed up to dive with other single tankers . . .citycatred wrote:Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :pGeek wrote:You the rEvo diver I see in Tacoma Scuba sometimes? I live in Lakewood so I'm around LOLsea2summit wrote:Once you make it back to town look me up if you want to do some local diving.
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That would be me. Lets diveGeek wrote:You the rEvo diver I see in Tacoma Scuba sometimes? I live in Lakewood so I'm around LOLsea2summit wrote:Once you make it back to town look me up if you want to do some local diving.
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You should start another thread to ask about :queenliz: with her and the way she I've done 3 classes with her, none better IMHO.fishb0y wrote:I'm doing my open water dives with Mel for my rEvo at the end of the month... I like to see what other people have gone though before I do my class
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.....kid?Dashrynn wrote:You seem like a pretty smart kid, build one! There are design's all over. Go take a machining class through your school, machine yourself a canister and alum light head and message one of the light guru's (airsix or nwbrewer) for the guts.Geek wrote:No you won't, you breath like a fish, you don't need a rebreather... of course you need to get a light or I might think about itcitycatred wrote: Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :p
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Ya Dash, aren't you like 2.5 weeks older than her?
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haha try 7 yearsGeek wrote:Ya Dash, aren't you like 2.5 weeks older than her?
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Oh I forgot, you are a BIG KID :queenliz:citycatred wrote:.....kid?Dashrynn wrote:You seem like a pretty smart kid, build one! There are design's all over. Go take a machining class through your school, machine yourself a canister and alum light head and message one of the light guru's (airsix or nwbrewer) for the guts.Geek wrote:No you won't, you breath like a fish, you don't need a rebreather... of course you need to get a light or I might think about itcitycatred wrote: Why do I have a feeling I'm going to get dumped as a dive buddy because I'm still diving a hp100 and not a rebreather :p