Archive for September, 2008

at the beginning of july (in the bloody middle of winter) i signed up to do the PADI Divemaster course.

since then i have completed four of the eight required exams;
- supervising general diving activities – 100%
- assisting with student divers in training – 100%
- divemaster conducted programs – 100%
- the physics of diving – 90%
i was almost physically packing myself over the physics exam (and a little bit about the upcoming physiology exam as well, but colin our instructor was great and i managed to fluff on through it.  i have not managed to remember any of what we learnt that night .. but for all my possible victims students, dont worry, i am sure it will come back to me if and when i need it!

i’ve set aside tuesday and thursday nights for the remainder of the course.  apart from the next four exams, i have got to get my ass in training for the swims.  8 lengths of the olympic pool in newmarket!!  at least all this training will aid me in my latest goal which is to fit my very rotund ass into a drysuit.  not that i dont love my wetsuit – but why dive in a wetsuit in winter/spring and get cold afterwards when i can dive in a lovely warm drysuit and then just step out of it afterwards.

exactly!  theres no damn reason.  so off to the pool i go on tuesday night.  but i will take my bcd and tanks in case i get bored and feel like lying on the bottom of the pool watching the swimmers go by.