A few weeks ago while on a trip to Ginnie Springs, a fellow diver had some trouble while we were drifting the river.At first I thought his buddy would help him,then I realized that if I didn`t do something, no one would. He had been swimming against the current, he was overly weighted, and his regulator was "weezing." I yelling, "establish buoyancy!" But i think everyone was in a bit of shock. I worked my way to him he was saying that he wanted to remove his BCD. replied, "No!" "Look into my eyes..breathe with me."All the while I was inflating his BCD without him realizing it.I instructed him to lay on his back, that he was buoyant and to relax."Look up at that beautiful sky.take a deep breath...relax"I then performed the tired diver tow to shore. Due to space constraints,Im consolidating the story greatly.Bottom line, I have 20 resrt and 16 cert dives never thought I would actually use some of those skills.Everything turned out fine and the guy was diving again later on that day. |