Top Ten Reasons

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Top Ten Reasons to Not Dive Four Times in May

10. Shucking, cleaning, slicing and pounding twelve abalone

09. Waking up at 5am on four separate occasions and twice in one week

08. Coming up with new ways to convince your dive buddy to wake up at 5am too

07. Putting on a damp wetsuit because it has not had enough time to dry out properly

06. You cant get mussels cause of Red Tides; which also craps out the vis

05. Paying $0.35 for each zip-tie at the Valley Ford Store because you keep forgetting to buy them beforehand

04. Eating so much abalone that the thought of it makes you sick

03. Filling half your card in a month that, historically, is not even the best month to dive

02. On four separate occasions having to write down your catch on those stupid little pieces of paper and attaching them to your abs when your hands are shivering, cold and wet!! ... without tearing them!

and the number 1 reason why diving four times in May is a bad idea?

not being able to spread out the cost of $4.35 a gallon!!

Lol, just noticed this, very

Lol, just noticed this, very true, very true. I'd also like to add reason 11: Hiking up and down a steep 1000 foot cliff (burdened with an extra 15-20 lbs of wet abs on the way up) and having quads and calves that ache like hell the rest of the week as a result!