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Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:14 pm
by LCF
Johnny has an excellent reputation. I'm sure you'll have a great class.
Please post a report when you get back.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:26 pm
by Zen Diver
One week from tomorrow (Tuesday) Wylerbear and I head to Florida for Cavern Training!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And DEMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm so EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-Valerie
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:59 pm
by LCF
Have a fantastic time, Valerie!
I'm leaving Thursday for Mexico, to do my cavern class. We'll have to compare notes!
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:44 pm
by Zen Diver
LCF wrote:Have a fantastic time, Valerie!
I'm leaving Thursday for Mexico, to do my cavern class. We'll have to compare notes!
Or, compare CEnotes....
(sorry, I couldn't resist...)
Have fun!
-Valerie
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:49 am
by boydski
Lynne and Valerie,
Have a great time with your Cavern Classes! I think my cavern class was really the most useful class that I ever took. I learned more in those few days of training than in any class I had taken up to that point.
Of course once the hook is set, you'll soon be planning your next adventure for some Cave Training...
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:54 am
by LCF
Of course once the hook is set, you'll soon be planning your next adventure for some Cave Training... Applause
Already there . . . GUE Cave 1 is scheduled for the end of April!
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:38 pm
by Zen Diver
I'm sure that's why the book I'm using includes the next levels as well, it's already teasing at me!
-Valerie
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:07 am
by Zen Diver
Well, my flight leaves in 19 hours. CAVERNS!!! Here we come!
Look for a (hopefully) detailed trip report when we get back.
-Valerie
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 11:36 am
by Pez7378
Have fun Val! Keep the reports coming and be safe! And take pictures!
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:28 pm
by LCF
Well, we're back from Mexico. We not only did cavern, but went on to Intro. We had a fantastic time. The classes weren't easy, and we didn't exactly breeze through, but things got better with each dive. I have detailed reports of each day in the cave diving forum of the Dive Matrix site (
http://www.divematrix.com), and Peter has some good pictures up at
http://www.tsandm.com/cave .
I would highly, highly recommend to anybody thinking about doing this, that they take GUE's Fundamentals class first. Having familiarity with the equipment, with the kicks and buoyancy and trim, and with the emergency procedures, made the cavern class MUCH easier than it would otherwise have been. Our third class member was really hampered, not only by diving equipment that was strange to him, but by not having done things like mask-off or blind swimming, or midwater air-sharing. We were in much better shape, because we were used to such things.
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:17 am
by boydski
Congratulations and Welcome Back!!
Great photos too! Isn't the Cuzel fill station an amazing place, just out in the middle of the jungle?
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:37 pm
by LCF
Yeah, it looks like a concrete pad where somebody's working on a bunch of radial engines. No sign, no marker -- just a dirt road winding off into the jungle. Your first navigational test as a cave diver is whether you can find the place again . . .
Scott, I hope we run into you some time down there. As I've said before, your pictures and reports were a bad (or maybe good) influence on me!
Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 3:27 pm
by boydski
LCF wrote:
Scott, I hope we run into you some time down there. As I've said before, your pictures and reports were a bad (or maybe good) influence on me!
Thank Lynne, that would be great fun! I'm headed back down there in four weeks.....
That will be my third trip to Mexico this year. Now if I can just remember to stop trying to order food in Spanish when I get home....
