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narked:
Although basic, the Gekko covers Nitrox, so if I take that route, I'll still be able to use it. And apparently the club I'm joining has their own compressor, so air fills are covered in the club fees!

Lee: that wouldn't happen to be Vivian would it? I've dived there a couple of times. Bit of a walk kitted up from the car park to the water, but on the plus side you can look forward to a meal at Pete's Eats afterwards!

On the subject of Dorothea, I was reading in one of the mags today about a near fatal incident recently. A diver was having bouyancy problems and started descending, passed out, and was discovered by a mixed gas diver ascending from approx 100m. He thought she was dead, so inflated her BC to get her to the surface. A group of divers on the surface, also thinking she was dead swam out to recover her, and started CPR. Amazingly she survived it.

So what is the current state of affairs regarding Dorothea? When I packed in over 4 years back, BSAC had forbidden any diving there, though I was aware there were plans to set up a proper centre on the site.

narked:
Did my first open water dives with the new club yesterday, up at Vivian Dive Centre in Llanberis. Great fun.

Well, the second dive was, the first was a bit of a nightmare thanks to uneven weights, all the air in my suit going straight to my boots (resulting in cramp from struggling against my floating feet the whole time), and discovering that my suit has a fairly substantial leak on the right hand side.

Sorted out the weight issues for the second dive, borrowed a set of ankle weights, and endured the half soaked, half dry undersuit to have a great time. Water was 7 degrees, and even with a soaked undersuit I was warm enough.

Definately need a new suit though, not just due to the leaks, but once it's zipped up, I haven't got anywhere near the manouverabilty I need. Can't get my own fins on, can't zip up my hood, can't get my fins off, can't kneel down properly on the platforms as I can't bend my knees enough!

Been a good result with the club too. Relatively small, but committed. Yesterday we had over half the club turn up at Vivian, so we all had a good day out together. Just a shame that there's the 2 hour drive back afterwards, alright for the passengers mind (the lad I gave a lift to fell asleep about 10 minutes after we left, and I know others had the same problem!).

delski:
The M2 that is a great dive.

I have been diving for years, started with Padi & then went down the TDI technical route to trimix. Did many hundreds of dives over the years before giving it up & buying a jetski.

Must admit though I still really miss it.

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