Dive number 2

Yesterday I got my second dive out in the Gulf of Mexico. All I got to do was unhook a clamp from a crane. Spent a whole 6 minutes in the water.

Yesterday is also the day I've worked 18ish hours.

12 hours Sunday
18 hours Monday
12 hours today

42 hours so far this week and it's only Tuesday.

I got wet!

oh yeah....Post number 800 bitches! and you better read each and every one of them!

Or else!

Well I got to go in the water today. It wasn't a dive or anything, but I did have waves coming over my head. Just had to go do some work out where the pipe come out and goes into the water. Took about 20 minutes or so. I looked good for the boss man and everything.


and other new....I'm tired. It was a good day of work. We did a dive. They should start pushing out some pipe on this (day) shift. Then tomorrow will be 2 dives per shift.

I am really thinking about applying to a different company after a year.

The weeked

I worked Saturday and Sunday. Today I did a 2 and a half hour (150 minutes) dive, out of a 200 minute max.

My body just hurts. Arms hurt. Legs hurt. I even bruised my left thumb! And this is part of the reason that I took called in sick on Wednesday. Now I just need a good night sleep. And it is already 10 :(

Underwater

Underwater everything is harder. Everything from tying a simple knot (kinda like this) to just simple walking.

So I'm working the weekend again for free, but it should be good for me.

No wonder why no one really understands what it is like other than divers.

Under Pressure

If there was ever a time to add a some to some pictures, now would be it!

I think the pictures speak for them self. If you have any questions just ask.
I labeled witch one are me =)

A day in the life of a commercial diving student

A day in the life of a commercial diving student

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Same school just different campus. They do all their training in nice clean fresh water tanks. We do ours in the LA harbor. Not as clean, but I believe it's better training.

My First time

Well ok it wasn't today. Yesterday was my first time!




At welding under water! yes, that's right folks. I should also add that I'm awesome at it! I'm going to be one of the best in the class. Ok so there are only 6 in the class, but that isn't the point. I still rock! I spent an hour in the water and it didn't even seem like it. I was getting a little cold there at the end.

Welding underwater is awesome!

and that is more or less how the rest of my school is going to be :)


AWESOME!

38 feet sea water

That is now that all time deepest I have been in water.

We are a class project that we are working on. I don't know how well it is going to turn out. It's like working with tunnel vision. I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't be able to deal with it. Now I've had to jump in while being blindfolded. So yeah, I'm used to the water now.

It was cool.

Open tanks

Thursday we dive!

Here are some videos of the class that I am in.

One of the test that we have to do is to remove and put the helmet back on three times within ten minutes. Got to do that each for three different helmets.

so here they are!







The people in these videos are about to graduate, well next month.

165 feet below sea level

That is how far down I went today in the chamber. It was different. Nothing like having to clear (pop) your ears with just about every breath you take.

So that's just a lil update. About 3 more weeks until I get to start diving.

Got two good sized tests to do before that.

opposites attract?

So I went up to lake Arrowhead yesterday. It was nice. I met a friend up there. I had the worlds best ice cream cone....mmmm. Good! It was a waffle cone with two scoops of Dreyer's rocky road.
I ended up meeting that girl that Judged me right off the start. So we've gotten to know each other better now. It is just funny how we match "based on [eHarm's] rigorous 29 Dimensions scale. With this level of compatibility, we believe you two will have a lot to talk about and may even find true love together." Only we have NOTHING in common. He's how it went.

We'll play a game of I like // she likes.
x-games // Olympics
winter Olympics // Summer Olympics
blue // blue
dark blue // light blue
trucks // cars
Mel Brooks // Stephen Spielberg

and there was sooo much more that I can't remember right now.

It fine though. Not like I was planning on sweeping her off her feet. I knew were are very different people. Below is a map. The blue is what I took to get there. The Red....Well that's the way I came back :) I kind of just want my own way. Not the best way ;)



The best part about it...I got lost 2 times going up there. The first time I found myself, the second...well I was lost on a mountain. Good times though. I've gotten lost a bunch of times so it's ok.

Can't sleep so you get more videos

fuck 2am. Not even tired :(

well 3:30am now...

Gorski G2000ss

http://www.gorskihat.com/g2000ss.html

This is the dive helmet that I am mostly sure that I want. I want to try it on. Maybe next time there in a expo in town or so.

It isn't cheap at all. MSRP is around $6,000

And now for a bunch of info that none of y'all really care about :P

The G-2000SS is definitely a Millennium helmet, designed to take safe diving into the 21st Century. Its stainless steel, light weight investment-casting makes this helmet a one of a kind, space age technology piece of equipment.

There is nothing else out there that can compare.

Its all-metal construction makes this helmet easy to adapt and attach auxiliary equipment, such as lights, camera, etc.

The front port (window) is made from the strongest machinable "Lexan" material for extra safety. The mounting holes in the port are individually drilled through, allowing the retaining bolts to pass through the window itself, thus reducing the risk of the window separating from the helmet in the event of a hydrogen explosion during underwater cutting operations.

The helmet has a unique retaining system to lock the neck dam in place as well as securing the helmet on the diver's neck.

The 2nd stage demand capability is the best balanced, easiest breathing regulator in the industry today. The POSEIDON CYCLON 5000 has been tested and approved for depths up to 980 feet of seawater. This regulator has been incorporated to fit within the helmet, where it is fully protected at the lower front portion of the nose area, which is an integral part of the helmet shell. This configuration allows for ready adaptation of a gas reclaim valve assembly.

The Gorsky design does not require a side block, which was replaced instead with a free flow valve in line with the 2nd stage regulator.

The back mounted manifold contains a screen/filter to prevent debris from getting into the second stage, and the two check valve assemblies, one for the main supply and the other for the reserve backup air or gas supply. This configuration allows for 5/16 ID tubing connection between the manifold and the 2nd stage regulator to be encapsulated inside the helmet.

The G-2000SS is a perfectly balanced helmet that weighs in at approximately 29 lbs.

The helmet is uncomplicated and of rugged construction which is easy to maintain.

All valves, regulators, parts, etc. are industry standard brand names.