" I still have a ways to go to become an expert in the sport."
Careful, when you or someone else thinks you’re an expert that’s when things go wrong :(
A few years ago Greg made some changes to the site and changed my experience level to Expert, my first thought was OMG I’m going to die :(
Years ago it was the guy with the most dives on the boat who didn’t keep the DM in sight per the briefing, didn’t take his sausage and it took us 1:44 to find him.
Years ago I was supposed to dive the U-Boat off Block Island, the boats Captain with thousands of dives got tangled in monofilament and drown