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I saw this new take on the Sliding D-Ring at Motmot & Co. during a recent trip to Tulum. They go for $25USD a pair. I haven't tried them, but they do look interesting. Dave

I think you have to buy them from one of the shops in Playa del Carmen that Santiago supplies. Alternatively, just get a 50 mm sliding-bar-buckle from a marine hardware supplier such: 50mm Sliding Bar Buckle with Nylon Bar MARINE PRODUCTS Catalogue See item #HM004350 Dave

I use adjustable, "sliding D-rings" to vary the position of aluminum cylinders on the waist strap of my sidemount harness as their buoyancy characteristics change during a dive. I've tried a few different methods and recently came up with one that I now like the best. I take a 50 x 7mm SS...

I suspect that's exactly the same thing Santiago uses for the "LB-SR sliding D-ring". I paired one of those with a low profile D-ring, but it's really hard to get the thing to slide. Dave

HaHa, the past? The present actions of the BoD aren't enough to convince you? You guys must live in a fantasy world if you think the BoD will step down for the sake of the organization. There's just nothing left to save. BTW, what is it about the NACD that everyone's so sentimental about...

Why? What could you possibly ever expect to see come out of the NACD now? It is irrevocably broken and serves no other consequence than a cave diving version of a telenovela. Dave

Next thing you know the NACD's lawyer must be present at all pre- and post-dive briefings, and you must sign an affidavit swearing you'll only use "Larry Green-branded" Ralph Hood primary reels. Dave

Didn't the NACD have its own issues with embezzlement a few years back? Dave

Nailed it! Dave

Why the BOD needed two new lawyers back then to convince them that the recommendation by the NACD's previous lawyer to dump Johnny Richards, DJur was the right course of action befuddles me, especially when it was painfully obvious to the rest of us at the time what should've been done. The sad...

HaHa, Frank's not a cave diver, just knows some that consider themselves "celebrities". Dave

Except they don't teach side mount. Dave

There's less incentive to tidy up the lines in Mexico, mark major jumps with double arrows, and/or install distance markers because a certain someone will just come in and re-line the cave and replace everything with single red arrows. Have you dove any of the systems he's banned from, like...

Contact Bil Phillips at Speleotech in Tulum. He trains students in BM and SM. Based on your skills and progression through the course, He'll decide whether you deserve to move on to the next level, and when. You'll hate the UW drills he puts you through...and be forever in debt to him that he...

Let's see, my instructor turned my wife's gas off and while I was bolting to her rescue secretly turned off my left post. We were both OOG for a moment but quickly sorted it out. This was simply demonstrating how to deal with roll-off and occurred during both our Cavern and Basic Cave classes...

HaHa, they're open when it suits them and closed when it doesn't. Kelly, I'm just saying don't expect them to act logically. :)

It's funny that you guys expect to extract some kind of logical sense out of the actions of the NACD. Clearly, RN was playing with fire when he joined up with those guys during the Johnny-Bert-Curt-Walter fiasco, and then got burned himself after disrespecting the "god father". Enough said. Dave

Let's not forget that Rick (with Rob's help) banned Bert, Curt, and Walter from the NACD for life for expressing their opinions on the Internet.