Orange Grove......The way in !

I never dove Buford, but Friedman is a whole other story.....ticks, worm hole entry...etc !

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Originally Posted by JE

I never dove Buford, but Friedman is a whole other story.....ticks, worm hole entry...etc !

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Man, those ticks were bad at Friedman

The flying bugs are just as bad at buford and maybe a longer walk

Wow it was really smooth how this thread resurected.

Have done the giant stride into OG from the limestone below the steps as water levels dropped. Didn't have top chokers, just bungee loops, but I wrap the valves into the creases inside my elbows. Mainly did that to give others room too gear up in the water and leave them the tank loops. Wouldn't do it from several feet up. But it was smooth.

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Originally Posted by FW

I was thinking of Mike too, wonder why? :roll:

Last I heard he was heading to Cuba. Never heard if he actually got there.

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Mmmm, I thought he went off to Canada with a mail-order Russian wife....

Dive safe,

Celia

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Originally Posted by bullfrog

Has anyone did anything like giant stride with sidemount?

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I do ten foot high strides all the time with SM AL80's. I clip them off to my chest drings first though.

I did an entry like that many moons ago when we used horsecollar BCs. I hit the water and my BC hit me in the face and bloodied me up pretty good. I surfaced just in time to stop my little brother from suffering the same fate and to ask him to retrieve my mask while I was assessing the damage to my mouth and nose!!!!

I've done it with worthington 108's. Getting them clipped while out of water kinda sucks. With lp45's it was like I barely had tanks on.

Steel tanks seem work better than AL's. More weight and rounder bottom I guess.

However, no cannonball off of OG for me.