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LOML and I got certified in 1974... in Alaska... 34 degree glacier water in a wet suit! Haven't been under in about 10 years now. Blown ear drum keeps me from going much below snorkel depth.[:(!] I can only tolerate about 1 atmosphere now.
 
Originally posted by alamocdc
<br />LOML and I got certified in 1974... in Alaska... 34 degree glacier water in a wet suit! Haven't been under in about 10 years now. Blown ear drum keeps me from going much below snorkel depth.[:(!] I can only tolerate about 1 atmosphere now.
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Marriage can be tough at times. [}:)][:D][;)]
 
Been a certified PADI instructor since 1980. Been all over the Bahamas, West Indies, Cuba, Florida Keys, even dove on the Atocha with some of Mel Fisher's gang. Deepest dive was about 225 or so ... nothing there just tried a quick five minute in and out dive. Can't go down now adays as a stroke kinda limits one's strength. Sure miss it though. Even the gills have healed over!
 
Fred, I have been a PADI diver for over 10 years.

I tagged along on my wifes checkout dive in Beaver Lake Arkansas a few years ago. She did it the first part of May and the water tempt was 51 degrees. I though that was cold, I can't imagine doing it in Alaska.[:0][B)]
 
I was certified in 1987 in Carter Lake in CO, visibility about 2 feet, and my wife was certified a couple of years before that. Our son got his certification 2 years ago. In 2005 and 2006 we spent a week in Bonaire. I can't imagine better diving than Bonaire.
 
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<br />Yea, ,I bet that water in Alaska is colder than a well digger's botton. The water at 200 feet ain't exactly warm in the Atlantic either. [:D]
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You know it. A buddy of mine held the record for the largest King Crab "caught" by a diver (don't know if it's been broken... 84 inches tip to tip IIRC). Never been below 100 feet, but you don't wanna be there long. And Kings can go from 30 to 100 plus feet in a heartbeat if you don't get a good jump on 'em. They run sideways along the bottom and boy are they FAST. If you ain't wearing the right fins, don't even try.
 
My favorite dive was a site called the Sugar Wreck. It is where a sugar barge went down in a storm. It is between West Palm and the Bahamas. 27-30 ft deep and clear water for "miles" you almost coudn't "touch" bottom for the conch trunching along. Curious dolphins swam and dodged between us as we harvested conch for lunch and dinner the night we stayed anchored on the sight.
 
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My boss and I at Lake Rawlings. I thought I had a good picture of the sailboat from the movie The Replacements, but unfortunately not.

I should be completeing my AOW this month, and then I am working on my Dive Con training.
 
Some of my most interesting diving has been part of the salvage efforts of the USS Monitor (yes, the civil war ironclad). It rests in approx 240 fsw about 16 miles SE of Cape Hatteras, NC. When I was CO of the USS Grasp, we spent a month moored over the wreck prepping for the recovery of the steam engine and revolving turrent, which are currently undergoing preservation at the Mariners Museum in Newport News, VA.
 
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