Day 6, March 19th, 2005
36 dives between 20 - 45m for safety and sled recovery
Things are starting to flow nice and efficiently now and with Spencer getting to depth to help make the recovery lifts of the sled, it's taken a little pressure off me.
Today Doc and Martin each made three runs on the sled. Actually Martin made two runs as his first training dive was a constant ballast no-fins to 50m / 165ft and then two sled runs to 65m / 213ft and 80m / 262ft. Strangely enough, Martin is laughing at the difference in equalizing technique he's now using. Be a specialist in heads down equalizing to 103m / 338ft (constant ballast world record), he's finding the sensations and some of the techniques different.
Doc's progressing nicely and we're taking progressive steps deeper. Today was two runs to 30m / 99ft and then a 35m / 115ft. The first run to 30m / 99ft wasn't as smooth and he worked on the relaxation and equalizing part of the dive. His second dive was much easier and he had some time to look around when he hit the bottom. Third dive was easier yet and he's starting to feel a groove happening.
While on the boat Mandy phoned to inform us that Alaskan Airlines overbooked her flight from Seattle to Miami by over forty people. Needless to stay she spent the night in Seattle and we should see her Sunday afternoon. All the prep and rush to fly a two hour drive from Vancouver???
Turns out my typical day in the water will consist of approximately 36 dives between 20 - 45m for safety and sled recovery. As more crew members arrive on island and they join us on the boat, I'll be able to move away from sled prep and recovery to simply coaching. Our big help will be when Bill Coltart from Pacific ProDive our scuba team supervisor and Tom Lightfoot, webmaster and PFI Instructor join the growing list of crew members.
Our joking invariably turns to decompression illness issues and we've now employed a five minute break on 100% oxygen at 6m / 20ft to washout any excess nitrogen. We're also counting on the O2 debit reloading to help in multiple days of training as well. So after each run the athletes watch the next from the oxygen bar we've set up.
In the evening we had to tear Goh away from his computer and the video editing he's been doing. He's turning into a real professional and his shots are getting better exponentially each day. We can't wait to see the job he does on the Cayman 2005 DVD after seeing the awesome job on the Cayman 2004 DVD.
Tomorrow is a day off and we're just picking Mandy up at 1:45pm and then maybe a shore dive for acclimatization if she's feeling up to it. Day after, back on the yellow beast for some more fun.
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Hope you're enjoying our adventures and there's still time to book a flight and join us for the fun.
Sincerely,
Kirk Krack
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