I was going to take a day-off today, but since it's Joe and Mark's last dive day, I decided to join them. Yeah, twist my arm, really!
A most relaxing dive at Punta Sur Sur was followed by a bit more hectic Paso del Cedral. Each dive featured an insight into Aristeo's personality.
On the first one, where we stayed at about 80-90 feet for 30 minutes or so and then continued with a multi-level dive for another 30 minutes, Aristeo was at least 20 feet below me at many points in time, so he must have gone into decompression. So what does he do to clear his computer? About 15-20 minutes before the dive is over, he sends it up on the line to 15 feet when he reels out the buoy for the boat! Unbelievable cheating!:) Well, as long as he feels good. Knock on wood, he seems to be immune to bends. A true fish-man.
On the second dive, at the safety stop, all of a sudden he took off his BCD and half of his wetsuit, because he urgently needed to pee! And for the next three minutes all he was doing is signaling us every thirty seconds, "Are you clear to go up?" All you could see in his eyes is a desperate plea for mercy for everybody to just finally go up and leave him alone with his business. I almost spit out my regulator, cracking up. Too bad all the cameras were already tucked away and there was nobody to take a picture of this beautiful scene.
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