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<8.5.2006>
I am a fresh IANTD Intro to cave -diver now and I feel good. Martin Robson and
Vikki Batten trained more than 20 divers for cavern / intro to cave levels
at Ojamo in 3 weeks and I appreciate their hard work for us. I was trained by
Vikki. I'm suprised how she could see all the mistakes we made in our team of 3
even in a dark cave when she only flashed her tiny backup torch occasionally to
check our position in a silt-out drill. We made 6 course dives, of which one
check dive in an open water at 28m and 5 into a mining tunnels at 28 m level. It
was great to have a through feedback right after each dive so we could make
things better on the next one. I think our team made a good progress but one can
allways do things better.
Personally I did not learn actually new
skills, but I got great advices to improve the old ones. A couple of
things I'll allways remember from now on: -carry you frog kick all the way so
that the fins meet each other to slide longer, and, on your way into a cave
allways scan and memorize all possible signs along the line that might help you
to locate yourself in a case of a silt-out or a light failure. I'm happy I took
part in this course. I learned a lot about cave diving technics, I learned to
know better the dive buddys who I basically haven't dived with earlier and last
but not least, I've had a great opportunity to get to know a fantastic (and
pretty too.. ;) dive instructor. Thanks Vikki!
<18.04.2006>
Done the Zenobia again! Pullo and I choose to dive with the Dive-In guys this
year and the choice couldn't have been better. Our guide, Chris has thousands of
dives in Zenobia and probably nobody else knows the inside of the wreck as well
as he does. We penetrated through most incredible passages, most of them too
tight to go with the stage cylinder on the side, so often we had to push the
stage in front of us and then pull ourselves through to some of the coolest
places. But even if we have now seen some places, only a handful of divers have
ever seen, there are still tons of awesome places to discover next time. So, by
next easter boys! Life's good and then you dive.
<20.3.2006>
The fact that I haven't added much photos lately doesn't mean that I haven't
been diving actively. We go to Ojamo each weekend and every now and then during
the week as well. The reason for the lack of new pics is that we have been
practicing skills mostly in the "Helminauha" and "Mario
World" and there are more than plenty of pictures from those sites already.
So, from now on, I will focus on a better quality and shots from some new places
instead of just a massive quantity. Last saturday we dove to
"Kiskkokuilu" 20 m level with Timo and I shoot some pictures too. The
entrance to this place goes through 28m level, which gives us a quite funny profile.
<27.1.2006>
I 've had to cancel far too many dives in Ojamo during the beginning of January
to make sure that I wouldn't jeppardise our vacation to Mauritius but it was
very close to a no-go desicion anyway. I only sneezed 2 weeks ago and the broken rib
that had started to heal actually broke again. This time my chest was taped for
the maximum support and I started another pain medication period. Now I'm in
Mauritius and I have dived twice already. My rib still keeps reminding me but I
don't give it the controll. This place is so beautiful that it would require a
lot of broken bones until I would surrender. The island itself is superb, but
only moderate underwater. How ever, it is worth coming here, even only for
diving.
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