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One of my best friends texted me and asked, "Did you hear about Jared Hires?" I replied, "No," then braced myself for the bad news. I'm so genuinely sorry to all of Jared's family, friends, and Dive Rite employees. Lamar was one of my cave instructors. I cannot imagine what he is feeling. I...

The item was sold. My apologies for not posting that it was sold.

Bill Simpson, a familiar face to those who frequented Dutch Springs, passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Bill worked as a hyperbaric chamber technician at UPenn and as an EMT at Dutch Springs among many other positions within the EMS and firefighting communities in the...

I was trying vestibular rehab exercises to try to reduce the dizziness and taking supplements like Nerve Renew. One day, it was like someone flipped a switch and the vertigo stopped. I felt a bit floaty at that point. I started going for walks and doing vestibular exercises while walking and...

In 2018, I experienced a DCS hit following a deco dive to 87 feet for 44 minutes on October 2, 2018. The accident happened right next to a hospital. The physician assistant in the E.R. would not provide O2 with a mask, would not call DAN, and listed me as a non-emergency transport. It took...

Thanks. I'm not planning to make it a habit. Posting I mean.

It wouldn't turn on twice.

I was going to just tell Richard at Dive-Tronix to toss the Perdix in the trash rather than pay for a $451.50 repair, and Michele would have sent it back free of charge if I made a video putting a bullet in it after I asked her what the return cost would be if I just wanted to put a bullet in...

Wow! Sorry to hear that. I once heard Cronin teased Gilliam about wearing a G-shock when Cronin had a Rolex because PADI allowed him to have a Submariner while TDI must only allow Brett to afford a G-shock. Brett smacked his G-shock around then challenged John to do that with his Rolex. Cronin...

There was once a piece in Skin Diver where I believe it was Stan who filmed whales mating while out cold. He was hit by a fluke and was stunned. The camera was running & filmed the sex act. When checking the film, he was shocked by what he captured.

For many of us, Jimmy Buffett's music was the soundtrack of our travels throughout the islands and our dreams. If you have not read his books, I highly recommend them. I once saw an interview (perhaps it was on 60 Minutes?) where Jimmy Buffett said he was as much a workaholic as the people on...

Sad to hear, but I was just thinking this news would soon be coming because of Stan's age. I just finished his book "Sea Salt" a couple weeks ago. I think it was my ex-girlfriend who got me an autographed copy at BTS or DEMA. I have no Wifi or cable in the cottage that I'm renting for the summer...

Here's the link to the exercises I modified using cylinders: http://www.scubacoachtrace.com/workout.html I popped back to give you guys the basic exercises. In reality, all you really need to stay in really decent shape is an old military fitness test. Run 1.5 miles in 12 minutes or less, do 2...

This is the kind of thing I was curious about. I wasn't suggesting that divers use diving as a method of suicide as maybe some people thought, merely wondering if professional divers might be prone to suicide because I knew three who killed themselves (knife, drug OD, diving) and if so why...

Reducing the Odds of a Snark Attack It is extremely likely for a person to be attacked by a snark on ScubaBoard, but snark attacks are rarely life-threatening. However, if you are thinking of posting on any of the forums, and if you are concerned about snarks, there are a number of steps you can...

That's cool. Yesterday on Tubi, I streamed the Rescue 117 series for the first time about helicopter search and rescue based out of Waterford. I had never given a thought to Waterford, Ireland, other than the crystal. Now, in less than 24 hours, Waterford pops up in two areas of interest.

The University of Sheffield Medical School conducted a study in 2018 that found scuba diving could offer therapeutic benefits to combat veterans suffering physical and psychological wounds but that was due to the state of relaxation one can achieve while diving and the social benefits or...

I was wondering if anyone discovered if repeated exposures to depth and pressure could cause depression and suicide, like had DAN or other doctors ever done a study.

All diving occupations. The only caveat to the military diving would be military divers who did not experience any combat in the traditional sense. Obviously, those in the special warfare community would be exposed to stress and trauma that fall outside the realm of diving. I was wondering if...

There was a cave fatality where a woman was on a ppO2 of 1.4 using Triox.