decompression

chuck was next to dive yesterday at school.

he had all his gear on

and his teacher decided he wanted

to do a sur-d-02 drill.

to explain what that is,

it is when a diver needs to decompress

on surface instead of in the water.

so... at a certain feet under water,

they stop decompressing

and quickly surface,

climb out of the water,

walk as fast as you can

(running is not allowed)

strip down to your undies

(hopefully you are wearing undies

or... well i'm sure you can figure that one out)

and jump into the decompression chamber.

if i remember correctly,

they only have 3 minutes to do all this

before the body starts off-gassing.

chucks body off gasses all the time but

this off gassing is very dangerous!! lol.

anyways... chuck and his team

did this from the ladder on the barge

to inside their building and into the decompression chamber

in 1 minute 32 seconds!!

almost set a new record!!

he jumped into the chamber

and was blown down to 40 feet deep in 30 seconds.

he was surprised how quickly

he was able to clear his ears in the chamber.

i am thankful he was able to!!

once they started decompressing

the chamber started filling with a fog like substance.

he said he was soaking wet with sweat

when he was finally able to leave.

the 8 minutes he was in there

to decompress actually counts as a dive.

when the doors were opened

and he climbed out he not only saw his friends

and class mates but he saw

the recruiter and a few potential students

looking right at him,

standing there in his sweaty undies and all, lol.

i'm wondering what their first impression

of the school actually was, lol!!

i'm so proud of my husband

and this obvious natural talent he has

to be a commercial diver.

i pray for his safety and his his happiness

in this new career path we have chosen.

he is taking a test today,

and graduates on june 21st!!

that means there is only 3 weeks left!!!