pogled skozi mojo masko

9. avgusta se je odvijal že tretji Adopt A Dive Site na Bledu.

Ker sem začetnica s komaj 9 potopi, sem sklenila, da mora biti deseti nekaj posebnega. In res je bil – s tem, ko sem se odzvala na projekt AWARE v organizaciji http://watersports.si, sem združila piljenje tehnike, pridobivanje prve sladkovodne izkušnje, bila v prijetni družbi in hkrati naredila nekaj dobrega za okolje.

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DDI Try Dive event in Slovenia

Gregor’s story started as early as June 2016, when he contacted me over Facebook with a question whether he could do some diving. In the beginning, I didn’t know that he is actually disabled, so I thought that we would do an ordinary Discover Scuba Diving. After a telephone conversation, we made a deal to do the Try dive DDI program.

In March, Gregor finally contacted me to tell me the great news. He got medical approval from the appropriate doctor. Yes, it took some time. Of course, the doctor only gave him approval for a swimming pool dive, but we were both happy nonetheless.

My first DDI experience as an instructor was 3 years ago, and since then it was quite hard to find a disabled person interested in diving. Of course, only 2 million people live in Slovenia altogether, which why I was so happy to meet Gregor. Over the telephone, he explained to me about his problems with cerebral palsy, which were, to tell the truth, unknown to me, since Gregor was the first person I met with this kind of disability. This was a good chance for me as an instructor to crack open the DDI Instructor Manual again and read basic information about cerebral palsy to prepare myself.

D-day finally arrived this Monday. Gregor’s brother Iztok came with him and we met at the swimming pool. After a briefing, Iztok helped me get Gregor into the pool, and then it was action time!

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