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From: "Rebecca Delaporte" <[log in to unmask]>


>
> This, so called friend - Mark,  kept asking me why don't we just go out
> anyway?  Why can't I (he) just use the gear in the shallow? Why not?
> Why can't we?  Nothing will happen it will only be in the shallow.  (Go
> back to England)  I kept saying NO!! NO!! NO!!  THERE ARE REAL
> DANGERS INVOLVED AND MY GEAR IS NOT GOING TO HELP YOU KILL
> YOURSELF!!

Rebecca, you definitely made the right choice here. Don't ever doubt that..


>
> Anyway we got to Port Stephens I kept telling him he needed four full
> days to get his qualification before he could go diving (we arrive Sunday
> and were due to go home on Tuesday morning - you do the math it
> wasn't going to happen).  Anyway I got dragged in to the dive shop and
> blow me over they do an $80 introductory dive, see if you like it kind of
> thing.  Just arrive one hour prior to departure and will tell you
everything
> you need to know then we will jump in the sea and go.  I got chills
> thinking about it!! (I would like to know what you think about these intro
> dives).

I do the Intro dives for our shop. We do a roughly four hour lecture which
covers the basics on what not to do, what you can do. The dives themselves
(2) are done one on one for approx.. 20 minutes per dive to a depth of not
more than 25'. I have not had a problem with any of the folks that have done
an Intro although I have found a few folks that did not need to take up the
sport. They were told this too.

mike