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| Matthias777 wrote: | That's not bad at all...I'll have to find out how much gear is though.  My friend and I were hoping to dive some of the old shipwrecks off the NC coast next spring if I do go ahead and get certified. |
That sounds like a blast, i should do that at some point too 
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awfulalex
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I love wreck dives, but if you are going to do some serious wreck diving I would suggest after doing PAID Advanced Open Water you do at least the following three specialities:
PADI Wreck Diver - Teaches you more about wrecks and also basic wreck penetration.
PADI Deep Diver - Teaches you more about deep diving and extends your dive limit to 40m deep.
PADI Enriched Air Diver - Teaches you about using Oxygen mixtures of 22 - 40 % which extends your No Decompression Limits while diving, this does not allow you to dive deeper, but ratehr dive for longer before suffering from effects due to Nitrogen absorbtion.
I did all these course as a student diver and later as an instructor as well and I can defnitely recommend them. Also if you go to a dive shop and you book 5 courses at same time and maybe buy basic gear you MUST ask for discounts.
I always suggest first buying soft gear - wet suit, boots, fins, gloves(leather palms), mask, hood, snorkel. This makes your rental cheaper as you just need to rent BCD, REGS, WEIGHTS and TANKS with AIR.
For wreck penetration you will also need a reel with 50m rope, a main dive light(torch) and a back up light.
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vong
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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cool. one of my gm's is a dive instructor as well 
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Matthias777
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Anyone a dive instructor in south Georgia? 
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awfulalex
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haha
GM wil trade a couple of Starwars sessions and extra CP's for diving course
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Matthias777
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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Done! 
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vong
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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lol, i would totally gm a game and make you twice as powerful as the rest of them for free lessons
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Jedi Skyler
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 2:58 am Post subject: |
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I second that, vong!
Of course, I think you'd be morally obligated to run the Battle for Golden Sun module in honor of your lessons... |
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vong
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:40 am Post subject: |
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lol, Battle for the Golden Sun module, in summary, what is that one
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awfulalex
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well come over to SA - got a place to sleep as well 
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vong
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:46 am Post subject: |
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room and board and gaming for scuba lessons
if you covered the ticket, i might just come out
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awfulalex
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always a damn catch with you
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lol, there is always a catch im a poor university student, you gotta give me a break
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Matthias777
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If only I had a T-47 instead of having to rely on commercial (expensive) airlines... 
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yea, any of the plans that i would possible have access to fly, wont make it over the ocean
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