ITS OFFICIAL DAN IS A DIVE MASTER
WAY TO GO
VERY PROUD OF YOU
To become a dive master he had to log 60 dives, take numerous written tests, take numerous physical tests and he done all of this just this year.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
COZUMEL MEXICO
SO DAN AND CHRIS WENT TO COZUMEL MEXICO FOR A WEEK TO GO DIVE.
They went with 28 people from Utah and some others from Cali, they had an awesome time.
They saw turtles, sharks, goat fish, one huge lobster that was about 5 feet long. Spotted sea snakes, Spotted eels, sea erchins, and lion fish. They dove everyday at least once. Dan did way more than one a day. Chris took a day off and went swimming with the Dolphins. He said the best thing about the trip was the turtles he saw and the dolphins.
Dan logged 20 hours of dive time, that is insane but what a blast.
They went with 28 people from Utah and some others from Cali, they had an awesome time.
They saw turtles, sharks, goat fish, one huge lobster that was about 5 feet long. Spotted sea snakes, Spotted eels, sea erchins, and lion fish. They dove everyday at least once. Dan did way more than one a day. Chris took a day off and went swimming with the Dolphins. He said the best thing about the trip was the turtles he saw and the dolphins.
Dan logged 20 hours of dive time, that is insane but what a blast.
SHARKS AND MORE SHARKS
Dan saw 5 sharks in one day he was so excited, it was funny. Anyway this is one of them he saw, it is a nurse shark a good sized one.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Diving the Gorge
WOW WHAT A BLAST!!!!!!!We dove over by the dam, it was way cool.
The water was about 67 on the surface, by the time we got to 50 feet it was 52 it was cold enough my lips were numb but wow .
We have been every where on that lake and now we can say we have been over 50 foot deep in Flaming Gorge.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Dan Is "The Man"
It's a Friday afternoon and the day hadn't started they way we had planned. Students were a no show. So much for plan your dive and dive your plan. Abort? No, make a new plan. New plan was dive with Dan without students.Water temp was 90 something. Viz was, well sweet. About 45 feet.Times up, time to head for the 3 minute safety stop. Just three minutes of a day. Look to my right, not there. Where's Dan? Look to my left. There he is. Hand clasped in front, legs bent at the knees, and his body is horizontal and he's almost motion less. What an sight.Two minutes, still there, same position. One minute. Yes, still there. Zero. Time to ascend. At the OK to go up signal I reach over and shake Dans' hand. He smiles, raises his arms as though he just won a metal in some event. A couple fist pumps later and we slowly ascend. That last 15 feet must have felt like 60 in relation to time. On the surface another hand shake, fist pound and a well deserved congratulations. As pretty as it was to watch, this celebration wasn't about holding a safety stop horizontal for three minutes, or the numerous attempts at back kicks and helicopter turns, or completing the multi-level specialty or trying new fins. No this celebration was much bigger. You see this was dive 50 for Dan. The last dive needed to obtain his Master Scuba Diver rating. The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating is the highest non professional PADI qualification available, and your ticket to respect and recognition wherever you may visit around the world.What an honor.Congratulations Dan Jaterka, congratulations.
Dan Is "The Man"
It's a Friday afternoon and the day hadn't started they way we had planned. Students were a no show. So much for plan your dive and dive your plan. Abort? No, make a new plan. New plan was dive with Dan without students.Water temp was 90 something. Viz was, well sweet. About 45 feet.Times up, time to head for the 3 minute safety stop. Just three minutes of a day. Look to my right, not there. Where's Dan? Look to my left. There he is. Hand clasped in front, legs bent at the knees, and his body is horizontal and he's almost motion less. What an sight.Two minutes, still there, same position. One minute. Yes, still there. Zero. Time to ascend. At the OK to go up signal I reach over and shake Dans' hand. He smiles, raises his arms as though he just won a metal in some event. A couple fist pumps later and we slowly ascend. That last 15 feet must have felt like 60 in relation to time. On the surface another hand shake, fist pound and a well deserved congratulations. As pretty as it was to watch, this celebration wasn't about holding a safety stop horizontal for three minutes, or the numerous attempts at back kicks and helicopter turns, or completing the multi-level specialty or trying new fins. No this celebration was much bigger. You see this was dive 50 for Dan. The last dive needed to obtain his Master Scuba Diver rating. The PADI Master Scuba Diver rating is the highest non professional PADI qualification available, and your ticket to respect and recognition wherever you may visit around the world.What an honor.Congratulations Dan Jaterka, congratulations.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Congradulations Dan
Friday June 12th Dan logged his 5oth dive and is now a master scuba diver. Check out the link to utah scuba below on this page
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
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