After getting my certification of the wreck diver course on the 6th of the 6th of 06, I had booked 1 day for 2 fun dives.
Found a dive buddy on the boat and as scheduled we did 2 deep dives: another one on the Duane and the 2nd one on the sorta Holy Grail of wrecks to dive on: the Spiegel Grove.
While we spent 26 minutes on the Duane with the deepest depth 105 feet (about 32 meters), we spent 29 minutes on the Spiegel Grove's wreck with a deepest depth of 86 feet.
According to the dive table we spent too much time at a too extreme depth and we should be dead by now. Well, I feel pretty damn good for a dead guy!
But we only had 1 hour surface interval between the 2 deep dives which adds to the risky business of scuba diving.
Nonetheless, everything went fine and all other divers on the boat also had no problems after doing these 2 deep dives within a slightly too small time period.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Key Largo 1
Guess who's back?
The week went by rather fast.
The departure was very very early but since I arrived in Miami during the early afternoon I could enjoy the ride to Key Largo and chill out after having arrived at the hotel.
I went to Horizon Divers to do some of the inevitable paperwork for my wreck diver course and checked out the area of Key Largo.
On Monday morning I had a short pool session since my dive instructor wanted to see how my skills were before we headed out to the ocean.
I did pretty well and after getting some lunch the first trip consisted of 2 shallow dives (18 metres or less): the first being on the City of Washington and a nearby wreck in the Elbow Reef.
On Tuesday we did a deep dive on the wreck of the Duane and a shallow dive on the wreck of the Benwood.
After cutting my left hand fairly deep on some rusty metal inside the Duane wreck I decided to buy some dive gloves for the leisure dives on Wednesday.
The week went by rather fast.
The departure was very very early but since I arrived in Miami during the early afternoon I could enjoy the ride to Key Largo and chill out after having arrived at the hotel.
I went to Horizon Divers to do some of the inevitable paperwork for my wreck diver course and checked out the area of Key Largo.
On Monday morning I had a short pool session since my dive instructor wanted to see how my skills were before we headed out to the ocean.
I did pretty well and after getting some lunch the first trip consisted of 2 shallow dives (18 metres or less): the first being on the City of Washington and a nearby wreck in the Elbow Reef.
On Tuesday we did a deep dive on the wreck of the Duane and a shallow dive on the wreck of the Benwood.
After cutting my left hand fairly deep on some rusty metal inside the Duane wreck I decided to buy some dive gloves for the leisure dives on Wednesday.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
Done packing for my Key Largo trip. Couldn't find my DS2019 form for fucks sake. Without this document I can't travel outside the U.S. so it's rather important.
And yes smart ass, I know I don't need it for this trip.
I'm telling ya, I need to make copies of this document when I come back cause otherwise I WILL lose it.
My cold is still present and I'm hoping for a miracle to make it disappear on Monday morning. Otherwise they might not allow me to dive.
No one wants to hear this but in case something would happen and I don't return then here's the song I want to be played:
Brian Eno - By this river
You can find it on his stellar album "Before and after science".
It's a brilliant song but also quite suitable since the movie "La stanza del figlio" uses it very effectively. This movie deals with a family whose son dies in a scuba diving accident.
So, Brian Eno it is folks.
C-ya later!
And yes smart ass, I know I don't need it for this trip.
I'm telling ya, I need to make copies of this document when I come back cause otherwise I WILL lose it.
My cold is still present and I'm hoping for a miracle to make it disappear on Monday morning. Otherwise they might not allow me to dive.
No one wants to hear this but in case something would happen and I don't return then here's the song I want to be played:
Brian Eno - By this river
You can find it on his stellar album "Before and after science".
It's a brilliant song but also quite suitable since the movie "La stanza del figlio" uses it very effectively. This movie deals with a family whose son dies in a scuba diving accident.
So, Brian Eno it is folks.
C-ya later!
Friday, June 02, 2006
So I just found a nice e-mail from cheaptickets informing the MORONS of US Airways and American Airlines decided to change my flight plan for my upcoming Florida trip.
Two days prior to leaving!
Besides the departure time I now have a fucken transfer in NC (?!?!) and arrive 2 hours laters as planned. And the flight back to Pittsburgh has been shifted 6 hours earlier than originally!!!
Of course they don't need to explain why they wanna fuck me over so bad...
Just fucken great that the reservation times for the rental car are now completely off.
So a most heartfelt FUCK YOU to US AIRWAYS!!
Two days prior to leaving!
Besides the departure time I now have a fucken transfer in NC (?!?!) and arrive 2 hours laters as planned. And the flight back to Pittsburgh has been shifted 6 hours earlier than originally!!!
Of course they don't need to explain why they wanna fuck me over so bad...
Just fucken great that the reservation times for the rental car are now completely off.
So a most heartfelt FUCK YOU to US AIRWAYS!!
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Yesterday was Memorial Day and about 33 degrees Celsius. What better thing to do than go kayaking?
So I hooked up with the only philosopher at CMU that actually admits being a philosopher. After waiting for a few aeons for a tandem kayak (much more fun!) we finally hit the water and pedelled around for about 1.5 hours: pics click me!
Apparently my cell phone didn't like it. It died.
To emphasize this brilliant day we found a parking ticket when we finally got back to the car. Which also was on the list to be towed away...
The night was spent on Italian water ice cream (Italian my ass) and the brilliant Indian movie "Water".
It was a sad story but well told and quite impressive. Long live art house movies!
So I hooked up with the only philosopher at CMU that actually admits being a philosopher. After waiting for a few aeons for a tandem kayak (much more fun!) we finally hit the water and pedelled around for about 1.5 hours: pics click me!
Apparently my cell phone didn't like it. It died.
To emphasize this brilliant day we found a parking ticket when we finally got back to the car. Which also was on the list to be towed away...
The night was spent on Italian water ice cream (Italian my ass) and the brilliant Indian movie "Water".
It was a sad story but well told and quite impressive. Long live art house movies!
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