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Training Journal – Lessons from Recent Courses
Over the past two years, my dive training hasn’t gone exactly to plan — but every challenge, delay, and course taught me something new. From a disjointed Divemaster to a structured Assistant Instructor program, I’ve learned that progress in diving isn’t about ticking off certifications, but about patience, mindset, and how to stay curious no matter how many dives are in the logbook.
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Wonders in the Deep – Mensun Bound & Mark Frary
Mensun Bound and Mark Frary spin an engaging tale, making for an enjoyable read. This book spans the history of ship-building and the last 5,000 years of civilisation through shipwrecks and the artefacts discovered on them.
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My Journey So Far
In the “Why the Blog?” post, I summarised how I got into diving, stopped diving, and subsequently started diving again after a 4088 day surface interval. The plan, as it stands, is to become an instructor and head into technical diving. The steps to becoming an instructor sound simple enough: Dive Guide Dive Master Assistant Instructor Instructor Of course, that’s just the beginning of the dive professional journey. I should probably mention at this point – without getting into agency wars – that I’m training on the SSI pathway.
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Go Diving Show 2024
Planning to spend a weekend on my own at a dive show where the whole idea and premise is to approach and talk to a bunch of strangers is a fantastic idea, right? RIGHT?!?
