Diving at Tulamben, first dive was part 2 of the deep dive speciality so off to the bow of the wreck leaving a strategically placed drop tank behind. Minni located a spot at about 40m after having put up a huge Manta Ray thus a sharp U turn, then the challenge was to try and drink a bottle of Coca Cola, this is tricky as you have to think about replacing the coke with air, and remember to go back onto the regulator in between. Doing this at that depth (5 bar) used a lot of air and put us into decompression territory, so back to the drop-tank (a spare) using a certain amount of self-control to keep things in perspective, and then shared the tank with Dave S back to the exit point. Second dive is the first part of the wreck speciality, practice with the reel and line to mark a course and then a tighter swim around the wreck starting a few swim throughs, in preparation for wreck penetration tomorrow.
Third dive of the day in the evening, unfortunately the torches not so well organised vis à vis batteries, mine died about half way through so second part of the dive spent trying to figure out who was around, not helped by a buddy (dave) who was deliberately winding me up by turning his torch off and hiding !! Later our group split by a charge from some out of control Japanese divers, all safely home in time for tea and medals.
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