So, all my roommates got Scuba certified a week and half ago and made our first free dive on Sunday with the SCVT (Scuba Club of Virginia Tech) to clean up the New River. There were about 12 or so divers and everyone went how and brought up cans, tires, golf balls, a toilet, signs, etc, etc.
The first decent was a little scary. Visibility was about 3-6 feet and at a certain point, you couldn't see the surface and you couldn't see the bottom. But it got better as soon as we reached the bottom (a little more than 40ft down).
Jason and I buddied up and spent our first dive collecting trash, but our second and third dives we concentrated on catching cat fish. I would swim behind a fish and try to get it into Jason's bag, or we would try to grab the one's lying in the mud on the bottom. We only got one on the day, but it was still fun. Jason lost his weight belt really early into our third dive, so were forced to surface and pack up for the day.
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