The essence of me and the art of foolishness

Mr. Ed

Mr. Ed

Be what you is not what you what you ain’t
Location
Central NY
It takes 4 weeks to heal after gallbladder surgery and 6 weeks to regain strength to participate in strenuous activity such as scuba diving training. I left a message with my scuba instructor to reserve September 17 to complete my training. He called a moment ago stating 09/17/2020 is not convenient to his schedule and asked if we could meet the next Thursday to finish training? I agreed, but requested I use my own equipment during the training.

By the time 09/24/ roles around Cayuga lake will be cooler than it is now, I reminded my instructor I own a 5.5 MM wetsuit and cold water will not be an issue. The reason I pressed my instructor to use my own equipment was I may not get another opportunity to use my own equipment should I fail training and not get certification.

My instructor warned me not to purchase diving gear until you are certified diver. However, in my eagerness to dive I disregarded his warning and purchased all new diving gear, new Aqualung Arrris BCD, a Zeagle 1st and 2nd stage cold water regulator, a Zeagle Octopus as my alternate air source, and the latest Oceanic air-integrated dive computer with compass.

Perhaps I am foolish to spend money on a sport I am not yet certified to participate in or maybe a bit over-zealous in my spending to accomplish something beyond my physical means, either way I enjoyed researching diving and choosing my equipment all for the common goal of experience and certification.
 

Good luck, I hope you find the test easy. I was certified back in 1976 but have only gone on three dives (one one day and two another day) since then all in 2017. I hope to again next year but I'll have to take a check out dive first.
 
Not foolish at all! Learning and selecting just what suits you can be such a joy. I tried scuba but never had the means to get into it, but always loved being in any fairly clean body of water or pool I could get into.
 

Mr. Ed said:
It takes 4 weeks to heal after gallbladder surgery and 6 weeks to regain strength to participate in strenuous activity such as scuba diving training. I left a message with my scuba instructor to reserve September 17 to complete my training. He called a moment ago stating 09/17/2020 is not convenient to his schedule and asked if we could meet the next Thursday to finish training? I agreed, but requested I use my own equipment during the training.

By the time 09/24/ roles around Cayuga lake will be cooler than it is now, I reminded my instructor I own a 5.5 MM wetsuit and cold water will not be an issue. The reason I pressed my instructor to use my own equipment was I may not get another opportunity to use my own equipment should I fail training and not get certification.

My instructor warned me not to purchase diving gear until you are certified diver. However, in my eagerness to dive I disregarded his warning and purchased all new diving gear, new Aqualung Arrris BCD, a Zeagle 1st and 2nd stage cold water regulator, a Zeagle Octopus as my alternate air source, and the latest Oceanic air-integrated dive computer with compass.

Perhaps I am foolish to spend money on a sport I am not yet certified to participate in or maybe a bit over-zealous in my spending to accomplish something beyond my physical means, either way I enjoyed researching diving and choosing my equipment all for the common goal of experience and certification.
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Qualified or not where do you plan on cold water diving? When I envision diving I think of the great barrier reef of closer to the states various places in the Caribbean.
 
Knight said:
Qualified or not where do you plan on cold water diving? When I envision diving I think of the great barrier reef of closer to the states various places in the Caribbean.
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Diving in New York State my options, outside travel destinations, are limited to nearby lakes.
 
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