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Dive master completed
divingbear - 12/13/2013 6:36 PM
Category: Event
Replies: 14

Just wanted to share with ones that would appreciate the effort, I passed the DM exam, the only step left is to address the envelope.
Thanks for reading
Ben
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Greg - 12/13/2013 9:10 PM
Awesome Ben...congratulations! Did you have to buddy breath while swapping gear with another DM candidate?
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VG - 12/14/2013 1:08 AM
Congrats!
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Agojo - 12/14/2013 4:57 AM
Congrats, I understand the effort as I worked as my instructor buddy DM in training (he called me his DIT) for several years before I relocated.
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Greg - 12/14/2013 5:07 AM
From Agojo: Congrats, I understand the effort as I worked as my instructor buddy DM in training (he called me his DIT) for several years before I relocated.
That’s better than being called the DIveMaster Working In Training (DIMWIT) :)
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Agojo - 12/14/2013 5:16 AM
That’s funny and you are CORRECT,
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VG - 12/14/2013 5:59 AM
Funny
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divingbear - 12/14/2013 7:40 AM
I did the equipment exchange buddy breathing with my instructor, I had to don/ doff my own equipment handing him each piece while handing off my reg to simulate buddy breathing, he intentionally gave me my reg upside down every time trying to panic me, unsuccessfully. Also wore different weight so he dropped his weight belt and had me hold him from floating off, then hand him my belt and still keep a grip on his BC, all still getting water in my upside down reg, a lot of things going on rapidly
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Smithsgold - 12/14/2013 9:37 AM
Congrats !!!
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UWnewbee - 12/14/2013 8:39 PM
Congratz!!! That always makes a great Christmas present for yourself!
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Eric_R - 12/15/2013 2:54 PM
Congrats! Nothing like starting the new year with new possibilities.
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divingbear - 12/15/2013 4:18 PM
Thanks all.
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UWnewbee - 12/15/2013 11:01 PM
At the lds i took my training at years ago, they made you throw All your gear into the pool and you went in and located it and geared up underwater without a wetsuit of course!
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tazzer9797 - 12/30/2013 9:10 PM
I remember the feeling when I finished and passed my DM course. A big Congrats to you.