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    Captain Dons Habitat - Bonaire

    https://www.ultimatedivetrucks.com/ There are trucks that are not manual on the island. Rental facilities such as Avis have them. I rent from avis but never pay extra for the automatic.
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    Hopping my way to full cave...

    Its not just you. Its a physically demanding class. At least it should be for a good instructor. I can name off some big name instructors who's class is little more than "where do you want to go in the cave" or just repeat trips to the henkle. All with very little skills thrown in. I 100%...
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    Hopping my way to full cave...

    Cave DPV by far was my toughest cave related class. I took it with Edd and his class is pretty tough, as is yours from the sounds of it. There were times on day 2 and 3 my wife and I looked at each other and wondered why we were still taking the class cause we sucked so bad. It gets better. Edd...
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    Question Valve for 100% O2 Deco Bottle

    Let me introduce you to my friend Brad Horn. Thats a joke. Don't say his name two more times or he'll show up. (for anybody that doesnt get the joke, search his name here).
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    Question Valve for 100% O2 Deco Bottle

    They may be good valves but not worth extra money. First time they get hooked up to a dive shops fill lines you have the potential for contamination and even if the valve “opens more slowly” you could still go boom. The reality is oxygen fires are not that common in our world. Mind you I’m not...
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    Buford Guide

    A guide is unnecessary. It’s a huge cavern. Don’t go down past around the 130ish foot mark where the shelf extends back and you have a hard overhead. Imo it’s an ow safe cavern. At least that’s how the management see it. Free divers are constantly there.
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    north florida Cave for doubles

    Only issue is the caves are all currently at full capacity. Florida is no longer accepting out of state divers
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    Madison Blue Martz Sink Snap and Gap gone?

    Then I would guess about 6 months to a year after your class. I wish they kept it just for posterity and so people who will never normally see one will get to see one. There was one in a popular cave in Mx, I think Pet Cemetery or one of the lines to Blue Abyss, but I never saw it before it got...
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    New Halcyon Rebreather?

    Its definitely way more common still than I think it should be
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    New Halcyon Rebreather?

    This is not fully accurate and why ,any of us don’t bail to onboard dil @kensuf has a good story of why an onboard dil would not have been a good idea when his buddy had a co2 hit
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    New Halcyon Rebreather?

    I would say if you’re bailing out to a small onboard cylinder, you need to go to a reg. If you’re plumbing off board dil which many of us are due to the risks of bailing to a 3L, then you stay on the bov. I won’t dive onboard dil for this very reason among others
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    Madison Blue Martz Sink Snap and Gap gone?

    It’s been quite a few years. I think maybe around 4 but I rarely enter via Martz anymore and am horrible with associating a memory I with a time frame. But my brain tells me at least 3 years. I’m interested to see how good my memory is.
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    DIR- GUE Long hose question

    I think you may need to google the definition of necklace
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    backpack for carrying 3 AL80 tanks

    The term sherpa has become colloquialized. It’s used by people daily not just in diving. If someone thinks anyone referring to a porter as a sherpa is being racist, that’s just stupid (not directed at you since you didn’t insinuate that).
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    Its Just the Grand Traverse Why so Tired?

    Good on you for doing it the right way. Most people basically do it as a trust me dive most of the time it seems nowadays. I was taught in my training to do it as you describe. It makes sense, and it's the safe way. When i was newly full cave many years ago tons of friends tried to get me to...
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    Peacock Springs Reopening...

    It will still be awhile. There’s a ton left to do.
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    Line Markers and You!

    Prison wallet
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    Review Fathom Gemini 010

    There's no baffle or anything to help with water? I thought there was supposed to be. I've never been a big fan of the golem/iQsub BOVs. I'm very happy with the divesoft. Its more neutral in the water and I never get jaw fatigue. With the golem there's definite fatigue due to the weight. People...
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    Metalsub quick release system for doubles?

    Being the dive shop will make more money off of a customer who doesn’t have enough experience to know they’re being upsold. Big red flag for the dive shop. Run far away
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    book to recomend

    We all have very varying opinions on the book and the instructor. I personally put both in the same category based on first hand knowledge. To each their own.
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