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[GunnaBDiver?]

Today GunnaBDiver? became CertifiedDiver!

[Scubatooth]

Congrats, welcome to the club. Now dive dive dive!

[Greg@ihpil]

Your gonna Love the future..Congrad's..Hope you celebrated...

[Landlocked Dive Nut]

Congrats! Lots of fun and some fantastic underwater sights await you. Enjoy!!

[dive_sail_etc]

Congratulations Lisa!! Most excellent!

Since your clever member Display name "GunnaBDiver?" seems to now be obsolete, allow me to offer you the opportunity as a relatively new SingelDivers.com member to choose another name for your Member account. Watch for my email message from the Charlies mailbox for more information!

NOW let's go blow bubbles!

P.S. I already checked the database, "CertifiedDiver" is available but you may wish to consider on a name better suited to your individuality.

[Jerrymxz]

She did an outstanding job in not the best of conditions to say the least. WW will have several days in the Caymans in a couple weeks to put some polish on her technique. as to the new name I'd like to suggest "GunnaBDiver!"

[ThatJoeGuy]

Or perhaps "GunnaBDiving"?

[shadragon]

She did an outstanding job in not the best of conditions to say the least. WW will have several days in the Caymans in a couple weeks to put some polish on her technique. as to the new name I'd like to suggest "GunnaBDiver!"

Crap conditions are the best place to learn. If you can make your way through ten foot viz then when you get to the Bahamas you can relax and have fun.

[Jo Canuck]

I totally agree about the crap conditions. Did my course in cold murkey, "nothing growing in it water." Had to wear hood, gloves, etc

A few scattered crawling creatures on the bottom, tracks in the silt to look at if the guy in front of you didnt kick too hard. You had to stay within arm's reach of the guy in front of you or you would loose site of the reflectors taped all over the tanks, and then you would be alone in the dark in only 25 feet of water!

For fun, the local dive club has planted two railway crossing signs on the bottom, you look both ways before proceeding on to the naked maniquin at the old rusted BBQ...a hamburger spatula still duct taped into her hand, and someone had rubbed all the algae off her breasts! I swear I almost spit out my reg laughing.

You learn to navigate by compass and you could see the thermocline before it froze your face off.

I was like a kid in a candystore after that on a reef in the Dominican. COLORED fish, not mud grey, beautiful coral, clear clear water that you could actually still see the boat 40ft above you. It was absolute heaven. I am very thankful for my learning opportunities in poor conditions. It has made me appreciate every dive since then and I am lucky for that.

[ScubaSis]

Congratulations!!

[dive_sail_etc]

I totally agree about the crap conditions. Did my course in cold murkey, "nothing growing in it water." Had to wear hood, gloves, etc

A few scattered crawling creatures on the bottom, tracks in the silt to look at if the guy in front of you didnt kick too hard. You had to stay within arm's reach of the guy in front of you or you would loose site of the reflectors taped all over the tanks, and then you would be alone in the dark in only 25 feet of water!

For fun, the local dive club has planted two railway crossing signs on the bottom, you look both ways before proceeding on to the naked maniquin at the old rusted BBQ...a hamburger spatula still duct taped into her hand, and someone had rubbed all the algae off her breasts! I swear I almost spit out my reg laughing.

You learn to navigate by compass and you could see the thermocline before it froze your face off.

Holy Cats, Jo! You really earned your wings... er... fins the hard way! But as Simon aka Shadragon noted, the best way.

I was like a kid in a candystore after that on a reef in the Dominican. COLORED fish, not mud grey, beautiful coral, clear clear water that you could actually still see the boat 40ft above you. It was absolute heaven. I am very thankful for my learning opportunities in poor conditions. It has made me appreciate every dive since then and I am lucky for that.

Then the payoff dive! Sort of a submerged Cinderella story. One that Lisa aka GunnaBDiver? will experience soon in the Caymans. You guys have made my day!