b1gcountry
December 19th, 2009, 11:55 AM
Well, I had meant to head out to Mermet this morning, but I slept in and decided to head over to the Dive Stop instead. This was my 13th trip of the year, most of them on Friday afternoon after work. Most of them solo. I talked to Dave over email on Wednesday to ask him if anyone was going to be around on Friday since I was thinking about heading over after work, and he said no, but they would be open over the weekend.
So I got there right at 9am before the staff was even there. When they got there, I was pretty surprised when they told me I couldn't dive. WTF!? Apparently they have a no solo diving rule. That just surprised the heck outta me since most of my dives there this year have been by myself, and I've never tried to hide that fact. I've never seen or heard about this rule, and their website has no mention of it either.
I talked to Dave over the phone, and he said no dice, although he did mention that he solo dives in the quarry, and he lets select other folks solo dive there too. That little tidbit just pissed me off.
I'm just really irked that I wasted three hours of my weekend and didn't even get to dive (plus another hour or two packing last night). Even more so because I talked to the owner about it beforehand, and he's seen me jumping in by myself in the past. I was probably the biggest supporter of the Dive Stop on this board, and now I don't even think I want to dive there anymore.
Tom
So I got there right at 9am before the staff was even there. When they got there, I was pretty surprised when they told me I couldn't dive. WTF!? Apparently they have a no solo diving rule. That just surprised the heck outta me since most of my dives there this year have been by myself, and I've never tried to hide that fact. I've never seen or heard about this rule, and their website has no mention of it either.
I talked to Dave over the phone, and he said no dice, although he did mention that he solo dives in the quarry, and he lets select other folks solo dive there too. That little tidbit just pissed me off.
I'm just really irked that I wasted three hours of my weekend and didn't even get to dive (plus another hour or two packing last night). Even more so because I talked to the owner about it beforehand, and he's seen me jumping in by myself in the past. I was probably the biggest supporter of the Dive Stop on this board, and now I don't even think I want to dive there anymore.
Tom