Any Austin, Texas divers out there?

Thus spake "shawn" <shawnabbtt@aol.com> :

>Like Matt, I would like to meet fellow divers. I live in Austin, Tx.
>I just returned from a dive trip to Papua New Guinea... outstanding!
>
>thanx, shawn abbott

Shawn, the Pisces Dive Club (used to be related to the late and
lamented Pisces Scuba) meets Wednesdays and Sundays during the summer.
Usually at Windy private on Wednesday nights and at the dam Sunday
afternoons. Join the piscesdiveclub group on Yahoo and get keyed in.
There are no dues, no officers, no stinking rules. Just diving and
drinking. Sometimes more drinking than diving. But always in the
right order.

Write me privately for me details. Where in Austin are you? I'm in
Oak Hill (SW, by the Y).
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

thanx, dillon, but i'm not much interested in diving locally, no cold
dark lakes for me. i'll hold out for the trips. but now, meeting up
with other divers, that's another matter...

Thus spake "shawn" <shawnabbtt@aol.com> :

>thanx, dillon, but i'm not much interested in diving locally, no cold
>dark lakes for me. i'll hold out for the trips. but now, meeting up
>with other divers, that's another matter...

You'll learn to appreciate Cozumel much better after diving in Travis.
Besides, how do you keep in practice?

Blue water diving is nice, but not all of us can live in Florida. And
for some of us here, Lake Travis would be warm, clear water.

I'm trying to put together a group for right after school lets out
next May.
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

Dillon Pyron <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> pounded away at his
keyboard resulting in:
:You'll learn to appreciate Cozumel much better after diving in Travis.
:Besides, how do you keep in practice?

After awhile it's just not that hard. Plus, diving is supposed to be
fun, so, if cold dark water isn't your idea of fun, why do it?

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.

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Thus spake Dan Bracuk <NOTbracuk@pathcom.com> :

>Dillon Pyron <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> pounded away at his
>keyboard resulting in:
>:You'll learn to appreciate Cozumel much better after diving in Travis.
>:Besides, how do you keep in practice?
>
>After awhile it's just not that hard. Plus, diving is supposed to be
>fun, so, if cold dark water isn't your idea of fun, why do it?

Well at least keep the beer cold and the coffee hot. And remember
that we still need both after a dive in August. Air temp today was
100. Surface temp at Windy was reported at 84. Temp at 75 was 65.

>
>Dan Bracuk
>If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
>
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dillon

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shawn wrote:

> thanx, dillon, but i'm not much interested in diving locally, no cold
> dark lakes for me. i'll hold out for the trips. but now, meeting up
> with other divers, that's another matter...
>

Speaking of cold lakes... A friend of mine asked me to dive in the
pedernales river last week to help him locate a cement dock anchor. I
solo dived and there was no way to buddy dive even if I had one.

At 5 feet the water was a pleasant green color with 1 foot vis.

At 10 feet I could hardly see half a foot

at 20 feet I could not read my gauges anymore

at 27 feet it was pitch black like night time and I could only see my
flashlight if I shined it into my mask from 3 inches.

at 30 (bottom) I groped around and in about a half hour I felt something
with a right angle and that was the anchor! I tied off a line to it and
ascended.

I could not believe it was pitch black at 30 feet. It was very strange
indeed. Also it was good practice to work completely blind. I connected
a steel cable with 2 ubolt fittings with a wrench and never saw any of it.

I had an extra tank and dove off the shore at my house on lake travis
near Bee Creek and it was not a whole lot better. 2 foot vis at best.
I've done a lot of dives from that same shore and have experienced vis
of up to 12 feet.

To be fair there was a lot of wind last week!

bill

Like Matt, I would like to meet fellow divers. I live in Austin, Tx.
I just returned from a dive trip to Papua New Guinea... outstanding!

thanx, shawn abbott

Thus spake "shawn" <shawnabbtt@aol.com> :

>Like Matt, I would like to meet fellow divers. I live in Austin, Tx.
>I just returned from a dive trip to Papua New Guinea... outstanding!
>
>thanx, shawn abbott

Shawn, the Pisces Dive Club (used to be related to the late and
lamented Pisces Scuba) meets Wednesdays and Sundays during the summer.
Usually at Windy private on Wednesday nights and at the dam Sunday
afternoons. Join the piscesdiveclub group on Yahoo and get keyed in.
There are no dues, no officers, no stinking rules. Just diving and
drinking. Sometimes more drinking than diving. But always in the
right order.

Write me privately for me details. Where in Austin are you? I'm in
Oak Hill (SW, by the Y).
--
dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"

thanx, dillon, but i'm not much interested in diving locally, no cold
dark lakes for me. i'll hold out for the trips. but now, meeting up
with other divers, that's another matter...

Thus spake Dan Bracuk <NOTbracuk@pathcom.com> :

>Dillon Pyron <dmpyronINVALID@austin.rr.com> pounded away at his
>keyboard resulting in:
>:You'll learn to appreciate Cozumel much better after diving in Travis.
>:Besides, how do you keep in practice?
>
>After awhile it's just not that hard. Plus, diving is supposed to be
>fun, so, if cold dark water isn't your idea of fun, why do it?

Well at least keep the beer cold and the coffee hot. And remember
that we still need both after a dive in August. Air temp today was
100. Surface temp at Windy was reported at 84. Temp at 75 was 65.

>
>Dan Bracuk
>If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.
>
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dillon

Pain is Nature's way of saying "that was stupid"