[PSUBS-MAILIST] Flathead Lake Expedition

[Alan via Personal_Submersibles]

Thanks for the report Sean & Hank.
Hank, I remember Phil saying that a Discovery Channel guy who had flown
jet fighters & climbed Everest, regarded diving the Curasub at night to 500ft
as the highlight of his career.
Look forward to the videos & photos.
Cheers Alan

> On 11/08/2019, at 1:00 PM, Sean T. Stevenson via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
> 
> After loading my truck to the gills with diving equipment and gas cylinders, I encountered a bit of red tape while crossing into the US. I was underway about 40 minutes later though, only to become a victim of blindly trusting Google maps to pick the best route to Flathead Lake - the scenic route along a windy narrow high mountain road, packed with tourists. In order to avoid contacting the rock face on the uphill side, I often had to cross the road centerline, so it was a good hour of white knuckle driving in a truck overloaded with dangerous goods. Armed with that knowledge, I found a better route for the trip back.
> 
> Anyway, had a great week at FLBS, primarily as SOC for the R-300 on Joseph Crepeau's Boston Whaler, which turned out to be a great platform for that sort of support. Thanks to everyone who participated, and in particular, those who put forth a tremendous effort in planning and executing this expedition. The lake is a beautiful spot - I had never visited Montana before, and the FLBS facilities were really well suited to our needs.
> 
> I learned quite a bit about both participating subs, which is always useful, and the deep diving / rescue gear never had to get wet, which is the best possible outcome. I attached one of my dive computers to Nekton Gamma on Thursday, and managed to capture all of her dive profiles that day, which I intend to create a video overlay from. Stay tuned for those clips - David Columbo is doing a lot of work to filter all of the captured footage and polish the best bits.
> 
> Was great to see old acquaintances again, and make new ones. And yes, it's only appropriate that I represent team Canada on the next trip.
> 
> Going to sleep for a couple of days now. 
> 
> Sean
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