i'm never doing that course - a journey to 100m
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“I’m never doing that course”
A journey to 100mby Kristine Pitts
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• In 2012 Michael and Kristine started their Tec diving adventure after about a year of Kristine claiming “I’m never doing Tec”.
• 3 years and a lot of Tec courses later the journey culminated in a 100m dive in a Norwegian fjord.
• What follows is some photos that go some way to describe what the journey was like.
• We started this journey just the two of us, and were lucky enough to meet some fantastic people and make some great friends along the way.
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It started in Egypt in February 2012
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• It was fun. But that’s it, I’m not interested in going any deeper. I’m not doing any more Tec courses.
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Then later that year, we visited Scapa Flow… Wow. Simply. Wow.
Want to be able to spend more time down there.
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So the following year we were
back in the Red Sea for more.
Tec 45 and Tec 50 all in one trip.
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More tanks, more deco, deeper dives. Crazy, right?
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At times it was hard work
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4 tanks? Totally crazy.
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• But then that was it. No more Tec courses. 50 m is deep enough.
• Just want to enjoy diving now. So we did…
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The water wasn’t always clear blue and warm. Sometimes it was dark and cold.
Addictive all the same
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So in late 2013, this intrepid gang went to Croatia for Tec 65.
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https://youtu.be/Mll21ZNdSDg
Video from Tec 65 in Croatia. Play it.
Trust me, you want to. :-)
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We did some impressive snorkels. Alex nearly died laughing.
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It’s on. We’re going for tripple
figures.
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Unfortunately after Croatia, Steve moved on to the dark side. So then there were three.
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We practised a lot
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Like, really, a lot.
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There were crazy amounts of tanks.
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Not kidding. Really crazy amounts of tanks
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too many…
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Sometimes the tanks were bigger than Sev!
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There were also a lot of theory.
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Sometimes it was really tiring…
But we had so much fun along the way.
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Do you think we have enough gear and food???
Arrival at Gulen Dive Resort
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Not your average dive site
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Here lies a wreckat ca.
20m - 72m
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After the Qualifying Dive for Tec Trimix :-)
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Ready for 100 meters
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• Sorry, no photos or videos of the dives. Apparently most camera equipment won't work that deep…
• It was deep, dark and cold. The dive site was the ‘house reef’ of Gulen Dive Resort. Once upon a time the fjord was carved out by a glacier. So the bottom was mostly rocks.
• But we were not there for the scenery and only spent about a minute at the bottom.
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100m done!!!!!! Yay team.
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Proof!!
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• We had a fantastic journey, and along the way we learned a lot about diving that we now apply to recreational diving and to the teaching that we do.
• We made some fantastic friends. Tec diving is no longer about just you and your buddy. It’s about the team. Having a team of divers that you trust and that you enjoy hanging out with is important.
• If you told me 4 years ago that I would have completed this journey, I’d have thought you crazy. But here we are. It’s been a blast. :-)
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• If you want to find out more about Tec diving and Tec courses, get in touch with Diving Leisure London.
• Or come talk to us at Clubnight the first Thursday of the month.