Rumor has it you're bringing one to Coz next month.
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Rumor has it you're bringing one to Coz next month.
The Villas de Rosa will provide sherpas for any dive you do with them. You just have to tip them, but it was pretty cheap.Originally Posted by LCF
This is correct. It is very reasonable. There is a fee for the day, and then tip them over the fee if they did a really good job for you. I know that I tip my sherpa $50 for the week (6 dive days). The daily fee charged by DeRosa is usually split amongst the divers wanting the services of the sherpa.
I have had the same sherpa for 10 years running. He gets a Christmas gift too for him, his daughter and his wife, but that's another story.
ZeroG should be able to acquire one for you. I am sure you would not be the first to ask.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world; those who are good at math, and those who are not.
Okay...I gotta gush about my sherpa. I touch practically nothing. He takes my rig to the water, helps me in and out of it, and takes it back to the van. He even chastises me if I try to carry it anywhere by myself. I still smile the one time I was trying to get up from a sitting position (on a boulder) with my rig on as I thought I could get it back to the van since it was a rather easy location. My sherpa nicely said he would get it while he was helping someone else get up. I said, "naw, that's okay, I think I can get it."
He then very forcefully and in a firm voice said, "Miss Lori, SIT!!"
I sat.
There are 3 kinds of people in this world; those who are good at math, and those who are not.
I always try to get Sherpas , here in the dr there is almost always someone willing to help carry gear and it is usually not that much and well worth it as some cave s are a real hassle.
If not Thomas carries my tanks and I pay for his fills.
Also before I had a bad knee so I was not reallly into carrying tanks, when my knee is better I plan on using it as an excuse to keep not carrying tanks.lol..
Sitting around 3 days post surgery, making myself go mad watching cave diving videos on YouTube.
Time goes by very very slowly, Cristian and Dave are finding new cave and i should have been there.
At least this surgery although very uncomfortable, does not hurt as bad as i was expecting for now at least.
Hey, I'm DIR and I would have a sherpa in a heartbeat. In fact, one of the reasons I took my tech training where I did was because I thought it was extremely nice to have gear sherpas. I didn't know MX had them, but I may very well use them in the future for some of the dives.
And, if you've ever read anything about WKPP dives, you'll know they use sherpas. They have some special name for them like "support divers" or "volunteers." But rest assured, they're sherpas
Just wait for the PT. That's when the fun begins... laying on your stomach while some psycho masocist bends your knee while you scream into a pillow. It's a joy...But well worth it in the end.
Thanks that sounds really encouraging, lol...
I thought they were called "lemmings"Hey, I'm DIR and I would have a sherpa in a heartbeat. In fact, one of the reasons I took my tech training where I did was because I thought it was extremely nice to have gear sherpas. I didn't know MX had them, but I may very well use them in the future for some of the dives.
And, if you've ever read anything about WKPP dives, you'll know they use sherpas. They have some special name for them like "support divers" or "volunteers." But rest assured, they're sherpas
Just wait for the PT. That's when the fun begins... laying on your stomach while some psycho masocist bends your knee while you scream into a pillow. It's a joy
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