Drifting Along
originally published November 6, 2017 I'd made my way through the Navigation, Peak Performance Buoyancy, and Search & Recovery portions of my Advanced Open Water training. Will provided some great insight for using breath control to fine tune buoyancy, and also helped me experiment with adjusting my BC for the best fit, until we finally hit on what seemed to be the ideal setup. I did a bit better on the Navigation than I had in my Open Water, though I still sometimes forgot to count my fin kicks (how you measure distance traveled underwater). During the Search & Recovery portion, Will had some fun with me and the other student, a county firefighter, having us to perform our knot tying skills behind our backs, under our knees, with our eyes closed. Back at the shop after a productive day in the water, Chris mentioned they were planning a drift dive at Rainbow River in a couple of weeks. This is a popular spot for centr...