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Divermaster Certification Completed - Sep 13, 2008
Since I am so addicted to scuba diving and want to go dive every weekend, I started a PADI Divermaster certification back in June to help on the various dive trips with Sterling Silver Scuba, a local dive shop with a great bunch of divers and staff. I had a quick start; I managed to do all my knowledge reviews during the first week. Second week, I went for various skill assessments. Then I started a series of pool and open water insternships and was done by mid-July. However, I felt that I was n...
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Haymarket - Sep 7 - TDI Deco cert
Today is my fourth and final training dive for the TDI Decompression Procedures certification that I started earlier during spring... I am thrilled! Achieving this certification has been a long journey. To put some color to the story, let me give you a little background. After a family dive trip to Cozumel in Jan 08, I had 86 dives under my belt (since my OW Jul 07) and had the urge to start learning new things. In March, I was heading to Jacksonville FL for a business trip and looked for diving...
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Voodoo Gas Blending - Jul 26, 2008
I took a TDI Nitrox Gas Blending course today along with others at Sterling Silver Scuba. Our instructor was Danny Donnegan (Kemperite) who was also certifying KevinD as an instructor for the same course. This course complemented well the Advanced Nitrox and Deco Procedures that I recently took since I’m now able to plan my mixes, optimize the blending to minimize cost for the fills (e.g., there are different ways to blend a given mix and I can figure out the best blend so that the overall fill ...
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Ginnie Springs - Mar 8-9 2008 -- Cavern Diver
I took a cavern class at Ginnie Springs this weekend and managed to obtain my NSS-CDS Cavern Diver certification. This was a great but difficult course. My instructor was Reggie Ross (CDS #286). I learned lot about safety, gear setup and new diving skills. The course took 2 full days (9am-7pm). Day 1 morning: theory (protocols, communications, turn around pressures, NDL, cave formation, the Golden Rule); afternoon: gear configuration and land drills. Day 2: Cavern training drills: guideline use,...
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DAN DEMP + Neuro class -- Nov 18, 2007
This weekend, I took my DAN DEMP and Neuro training in preparation to my Rescue Diver training after Thanksgiving. This was the first time Kevin was delivering the training. Danny was supervising the class while Kevin was teaching. It was a full day class (8-5) with 5 training sessions: O2 First Aid for scuba diving, Advanced O2, AED for scuba diving, Harzardous Marine Life injuries and Neurological Assessment for divers. This was an excellent training day. I felt that we went into more details ...
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