\nHelp! I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!<\/em><\/p>\n
I practiced on the pavement, getting up off the ground – whatever I did, worked.<\/p>\n
My knees were more flexible, too.<\/p>\n
A new diver “Russ” introduced himself.<\/p>\n
He had 12 dives in and wanted to do his first night dive.<\/p>\n
There was a light Divevets crowd, so I told him, “You can tag a long with me, but I’m doing my second dry suit dive, and it won’t be a night dive… and if I have issues, you better be able to take care of yourself.”<\/p>\n
Donna The Hot Biker Chick pulled up and told me that she’s going to do her first dry suit ocean dive.<\/p>\n
I got excited and asked, “Donna, are you coming to Poland with me?”<\/p>\n
She thought for a millisecond and responded, “NO!”<\/p>\n
Dash was gearing up in a dry suit to dive with Donna.<\/p>\n
So for the dive, as the plan was, Donna the Hot Biker Chick, Dash, the new guy Russ and me.<\/p>\n
I made it through the surf with no issues, Donna and Dash followed.<\/p>\n
I waited for Russ… he made it out, and I couldn’t tell if he had his fins on or not, but he was doing circles in the surf zone.<\/p>\n
Oh man, I wished more people were there – this was a training dive for me, and not a mentoring dive.<\/p>\n
I started swimming back to shore in case he needed assistance.<\/p>\n
Russ couldn’t hear me yelling through the surface chop.<\/p>\n
After a few minutes, he washed ashore and called the dive; I swam out to meet the other two.<\/p>\n
I had a short fill – I think my tank is leaking again; I informed the other two that I would be leaving before their dive was over.<\/p>\n
I noticed that diving in a dry suit gave my feet a strange “wet” and cold feeling that I didn’t notice on my first dry dive.<\/p>\n
We descended.<\/p>\n
Logged SCUBA Dive #440<\/p>\n
Dove With Donna The Hot Biker Chick and Dash
\nVeterans Park, Redondo Beach, California, USA<\/p>\n
In With: 2400 psi
\nOut With: 700 psi
\nMax depth: 72 feet
\nWaves: Slightly annoying surface chop
\nVisibility: Shitty until over the shelf, then it cleared to 10 feet
\nWater Temperature: 54 degrees at depth, 68 at the surface
\nAir Temperature: 72 degrees
\nTotal Bottom Time: 25 minutes or so<\/p>\n
Visibility was shitty, and turning my light on just back scattered all the light off the silt.<\/p>\n
We went down the canyon and I felt the thermal – it got cold, but hell I’m in a dry suit, plus I’m macho.<\/p>\n
Shrimp, small fish, yellow crabs… a typical, non-eventful dive at Veteran’s Park.<\/p>\n
We were at 50 feet, gawking at two shrimps fucking, when I signaled that I was heading in due to my low air situation.<\/p>\n
I slowly made it back to the surf zone and surfaced with 700 psi left, right in front of the lifeguard shack, which was closing.<\/p>\n
I came walking ashore; it felt like I had bowling balls strapped to my feet. <\/p>\n
And then, I got knocked down by a wave — I crawled out of the surf zone and got up with relative ease.<\/p>\n
My feet were as big as cantaloupes, with the consistency of a water bed.<\/p>\n
Yep, I flooded.<\/p>\n
I made my way to the parking lot where Divevets’ Kenneth examined me for leaks.<\/p>\n
Kenneth said, “Whoever zipped you up, had about another inch to go before completing the seal.” <\/p>\n
Well, that person was me – I had so much anxiety about not being able to put my fins on or not being able to get back up, I didn’t check to see if my zipper completed the seal; I will never do that again.<\/p>\n
Donna and Dash made it back about 25 minutes later.<\/p>\n
Light debriefing ensued before I packed up my soggy gear and headed back to the ghetto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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