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April 18th, 2007, 12:00 AM
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| New Member  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Austin, TX
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 | Hello, My Name is Trey... I was introduced to diving in April of 2001 by my best friend who promptly died the next day of an unrelated incident. Initially diving in his memory, I quickly grew to love the sport and worked my way up through advanced over a period of about a year and 100 dives. I was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful woman that became my wife and fell in love with diving as well. We went on to complete Rescue and DM together and have had loads of fun diving. I got the technical bug fairly early on and always wanted to do more risky (but calculated) and rewarding diving. I finally got out of my jacket BC and decided that OMS was the way to go and ordered an IQ Pack and a 45# bungee wing. I dove the rig in various single and doubles configurations for about a year without mishap, but didn't do much in the way of tech diving. Nothing more than about 15 minutes of deco on air and nothing deeper than about 150 ft. I spent the last 2 years building a CCR rebreather out of a Dolphin, but the training and guidance just didn't work out... I'm here because I want to be a safe technical diver. I want to do it right so that I can come home from my adventures and help make sure that my buddies do the same. Special thanks to the folks who have been influential in my transition to DIR and into a serious technical diving candidate. I look forward to the knowledge and wisdom that I'm sure this forum will impart. Thank you, Trey Last edited by tlessard; September 14th, 2008 at 02:32 PM. |
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April 18th, 2007, 12:12 AM
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| Moderator  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fleet, Hants
Posts: 1,994
  | Welcome and hopefully you will get lots of information from this forum, there is plenty of it out here to learn from.
__________________ Gareth Images of Life Photography DIR Team Foxturd Travels Underwater and Further Afar If you don't have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it? - Stephen King |
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April 18th, 2007, 09:06 AM
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| New Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: hurghada
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard)  I was fortunate enough to divorce the bitch that was bleeding me dry A wise man said to his son: "never trust a woman except your mother, and if your father divorces her, then don't trust her either"  Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard) I got the technical bug fairly early on and always wanted to do more risky (but calculated) and rewarding diving. ......... I think I was fairly lucky. I spent the last 2 years trying to build a CCR rebreather out of a Dolphin, but things just kept not working out. I think God must have been looking out for me... Sounds like you where enjoying yourself! But home builds really can suck.Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard) I'm here because I want to be a safe technical diver. I want to do it right so that I can come home from my adventures to see my loved ones and help make sure that my buddies do the same. You do understand that DIR training is not a vest that will ward away accidents don't you?Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard) Three people, who shall remain nameless at this time, have been very influential in my transformation from crazy ass super-****** CCR wannabe Bullies always make their pray feel like they are nothing. I think it is a disgusting way of making money.Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard) to a serious technical diving candidate. I look forward to the knowledge and wisdom that I'm sure this forum will impart. As far as I knew, CCR wannabes ARE serious technical diver candidates
__________________ It has just dawned on me.... We are all just recycled stardust  Ahmed Adly, www.deepvoyage.com |
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April 18th, 2007, 09:16 AM
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| New Member  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: -
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by Ahmed Adly, Marlin Inn DC) As far as I knew, CCR wannabes ARE serious technical diver candidates Time will tell.I remember Trey from RBW when he was planning to dive his CCR-Dolphin on the Andrea, I hope you have better luck diving it as a "DIR-diver"...  |
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April 18th, 2007, 09:54 AM
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| New Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Dubai
Posts: 465
| Quote: (Originally Posted by tlessard) ... I was fortunate enough to divorce the bitch that was bleeding me dry Trey Trey,I understand exactly how you feel. An ex-girlfirend of mine said that said she would leave me if I went on another dive holiday. I went, came back home and found that she had emptied my bank account and run off to the US.Very difficult time but I pulled through. Any how, well done (above) and you should make alot of friends on this forum. Ali
__________________ Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul Last edited by Ali Fikree; April 18th, 2007 at 09:57 AM. |
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April 18th, 2007, 11:00 AM
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| New Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: hurghada
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by NickB) Can I nominate this thread for 'Misogynistic pile of crap thread of the year'? It makes you wonder where DIR is going..... ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhahahahahahahahahaha
__________________ It has just dawned on me.... We are all just recycled stardust Ahmed Adly, www.deepvoyage.com |
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April 18th, 2007, 12:15 PM
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| GUE Instructor  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Red Sea
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| Quote: (Originally Posted by NickB) Can I nominate this thread for 'Misogynistic pile of crap thread of the year'? +1 Well said
__________________ Hassan Adly Red Sea Discovery "Today I will finally see the sea again, which will smell of salt, wind, sand - and the cold of winter. Finally I will not only travel on it but dive in it, again I will become water, a bird - and I will remember the feeling of gliding above the abyss" |
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