Feb 12, 2009 | Diary |
leaving buenos aires last january, i lost my casio exilim in the back of a taxi. this was the camera that i had the underwater housing for. the new plan was to buy an ikelite housing and port for my Nikon d80. i talked to dave moran about the cost of said housing and...
Feb 2, 2009 | Diary |
friday night – and the night before the Instructor Examination started – and i decided i was not going to look over anything. i was not going to review any Physics, Physiology, RDP, Dive Skills, Environment or Equipment. if i didnt know it now, then i...
Jan 25, 2009 | Diary |
it was the final day today!! and i am writing this up after a few beers at swashbucklers to celebrate … we had academic presentations first thing this morning and then a big day of theory and course presentations from our course director pete. my presentation...
Jan 24, 2009 | Diary |
yesterday was another full day in the classroom and we presented our prescriptive teaching academic sessions. we used the Rescue Diver course for material and it took a little more thought than preparing for an Open Water session but in a good way. when you are...
Jan 22, 2009 | Diary |
yesterday was the first day of the Open Water Scuba Instructors portion of our IDC. and it was a long long long day. pete did damn well to hold our attention for as long as he did – but 8 or 9 hours in the classroom is a huge chunk of work to get through. even...
