I got my rescue diver’s cert years, and years, ago. I didn’t ever expect to use the training then one day I was swimming off of a pontoon boat on a lake when a sudden change of weather caused my boat to drift quickly away with my partner. Engine problems on the boat meant I had to tread water for longer than planned. It was at the second gulp of water and waves lapping over my head that I realized that panic was about to literally kill me. After two tours in Afghanistan I was going to die in a beautiful lake in Michigan.
Rescue diver training saved my life. I was able to orient in the waves, roll on my back and take breaths while focusing on survival. Within several minutes I was rescued by a passing boat and was dropped at my boat, then I returned back to shore.
It was harrowing for me, and I don’t recommend that experience to anyone - but like combat you don’t quite know how you are going to handle it until you are there and I recommend rescue diver for anyone in the hobby, the life you maybe save could be your own.
I got my rescue diver’s cert years, and years, ago. I didn’t ever expect to use the training then one day I was swimming off of a pontoon boat on a lake when a sudden change of weather caused my boat to drift quickly away with my partner. Engine problems on the boat meant I had to tread water for longer than planned. It was at the second gulp of water and waves lapping over my head that I realized that panic was about to literally kill me. After two tours in Afghanistan I was going to die in a beautiful lake in Michigan.
Rescue diver training saved my life. I was able to orient in the waves, roll on my back and take breaths while focusing on survival. Within several minutes I was rescued by a passing boat and was dropped at my boat, then I returned back to shore.
It was harrowing for me, and I don’t recommend that experience to anyone - but like combat you don’t quite know how you are going to handle it until you are there and I recommend rescue diver for anyone in the hobby, the life you maybe save could be your own.