1. “I’m never doing that
course”
A journey to 100m
by Kristine Pitts

2. • In 2012 Michael and Kristine started their Tec
diving adventure after about a year of Kristine
claiming “I’m never doing Tec”.
• 3 years and a lot of Tec courses later the journey
culminated in a 100m dive in a Norwegian fjord.
• What follows is some photos that go some way to
describe what the journey was like.
• We started this journey just the two of us, and were
lucky enough to meet some fantastic people and
make some great friends along the way.

3. It started in Egypt in
February 2012

4. • It was fun. But that’s it, I’m not interested in going
any deeper. I’m not doing any more Tec courses.

5. Then later that year, we visited Scapa Flow…
Wow. Simply. Wow.
Want to be able to spend more time down
there.

6. So the following
year we were
back in the Red
Sea for more.
Tec 45 and Tec
50 all in one trip.

7. More tanks, more deco, deeper dives.
Crazy, right?

8. At times it was hard work

9. 4 tanks? Totally crazy.

10. • But then that was it. No more Tec courses. 50 m is
deep enough.
• Just want to enjoy diving now. So we did…

11. The water wasn’t always clear blue and warm.
Sometimes it was dark and cold.
Addictive all the same

12. So in late 2013, this intrepid gang went to
Croatia for Tec 65.

13. https://youtu.be/Mll21ZNdSDg
Video from Tec 65 in Croatia.
Play it.
Trust me, you want to. :-)

14. We did some impressive snorkels.
Alex nearly died laughing.

15. It’s on.
We’re going for tripple
figures.

16. Unfortunately after Croatia, Steve moved on to
the dark side. So then there were three.

17. We practised a lot

18. Like, really, a lot.

19. There were crazy amounts of tanks.

20. Not kidding. Really crazy amounts of tanks

21. too many…

22. Sometimes the tanks were bigger than Sev!

23. There were also a lot of theory.

24. Sometimes it was really tiring…
But we had so much fun along the way.

25. Do you think
we have
enough gear
and food???
Arrival at
Gulen Dive
Resort

26. Not your average dive site

27. Here lies a wreck
at ca.
20m - 72m

28. After the Qualifying Dive for Tec
Trimix :-)

29. Ready for 100 meters

30. • Sorry, no photos or videos of the dives. Apparently
most camera equipment won't work that deep…
• It was deep, dark and cold. The dive site was the
‘house reef’ of Gulen Dive Resort. Once upon a
time the fjord was carved out by a glacier. So the
bottom was mostly rocks.
• But we were not there for the scenery and only
spent about a minute at the bottom.

31. 100m done!!!!!! Yay team.

32. Proof!!

33. • We had a fantastic journey, and along the way we
learned a lot about diving that we now apply to
recreational diving and to the teaching that we do.
• We made some fantastic friends. Tec diving is no
longer about just you and your buddy. It’s about the
team. Having a team of divers that you trust and
that you enjoy hanging out with is important.
• If you told me 4 years ago that I would have
completed this journey, I’d have thought you crazy.
But here we are. It’s been a blast. :-)

34. • If you want to find out more about Tec diving and
Tec courses, get in touch with Diving Leisure
London.
• Or come talk to us at Clubnight the first Thursday of
the month.