Survived my swim for Divemaster class. The 400 yard free swim was horrible. I somehow managed to keep moving in a linear direction while drowning at the same time. It completely went way past all of my reserves and willpower. Immediately after....tread water for 15 minutes with arms out of the water for the last two followed by an 800 yard swim with snorkel and fins. Easier then the 400 yard free swim, it still wasn't a piece of cake by any means. But I did it, so that is a big worry off my mind.
Today I assisted in a Rescue class which is almost as tiring as actually doing the rescue class yourself. I was the victim for the course and panicking all day takes a lot out of you...or at least it does me. After the above water skills we started on the underwater skill scenarios and he did pretty well. LOL he was a little gung ho on arresting my uncontrolled ascent though and jerked one of my purge valve cords completely out of my BCD (a vest that is inflated/deflated to control buoyancy). Afterwards I led him on a little dive around airport caves. Tomorrow he has some more skills to check off on including the 7 point unresponsive diver but I'm sure he'll do just fine.
Sorry no pics but I was to busy drowning all day to take any lol. Tonight will probably be a slow night with dinner at RJs then back hone for some reading and bed....I'm still kinda wore out from my swim test and playing the victim today just added to the exhaustion.
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