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Angelito317, I was in your shoes about six months ago. After 50 dives in various rental gear, I decided to invest in my own stuff. At that point I had only used jacket BCDs. I didn't even know about BP&W. I had never seen one. After lots of research on Scubaboard and after talking to as many...

Here is an English-language article: Final 'Japan diver' found in Indonesia | The Jakarta Post It sounds like they are pretty sure this is the right person.

We just got back from 4 days at Minang Cove, which is on the south of the island. It's quiet and isolated, but that was what we were looking for. No internet and cell service is only with the DG carrier and too slow for much on the internet (I had a sim from another provider, so no access at all...

Here we are on a 4 year old thread, but FWIW I was just there and cannot imagine describing it as commercialized. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I just did this. We had six passengers. We arranged for the resort to provide transport from home in Singapore. On the way there it was a van, but on the side it was labelled as a "tourist bus" (in Malay). As such we had to alight at immigration and carry all the bags, etc., as if we had been on...

Does it make sense that he would inflate his BC to begin his ascent from 235'? Seems like that could result in a runaway ascent... Perhaps he was way overweighted and that was the only way? Perhaps his buddy was overweighted as well, which is why he ended up on the bottom? Is there something...

What does post #103 say about sharks? Says the diver had a forehead injury from rocks?? EDIT: Oh, perhaps you mean the "happy ending" part. I somehow missed these last posts. Sorry, yes, this is very sad. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I'm really glad that it looks like a happy ending here, and I appreciate the reporting with pictures, etc. But the whole "shark infested waters" thing is really frustrating. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Comments in the forum from 2013 made me think twice about TARP and ultimately decide to go elsewhere. Here's one thread, but there are others. http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=461312 Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

That makes two of us! Can anyone chime in?

Timely thread! I'm going beginning of March and was going to ask the same thing:) An additional question: are there any developments with the sultan we should know about? It seems like there is always something...

I'm not a mod, but may I suggest that responders review the special rules of this forum before writing? http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52701 Diver's Mom, all I can add is that because of reading this forum I appreciate that one should always carry at least two cutting tools...

Nice pictures, Mike. That's pretty much exactly how it looked. Dan, I'm interested (excited, really) to try the drop method sometime. Sounds fun and would be a good learning experience. It just doesn't seem practical in this case. This was a pretty remote site in the S. China Sea. It seems...

Right. The guide who set the hook drifted down, and that sounded like it way, way beyond my experience level. ---------- Post added October 29th, 2013 at 01:26 PM ---------- Checked, double-checked, triple-checked the moment before entering the water. Gauge showed 200 bar. Guage is...

Agreed on both points. - My buddy did check a couple of times, but mostly at the beginning. The guide did as well. I signaled OK each time since I was feeling great and everything was in control. Or so I thought. I should have checked my gauges- stupid (ignorant might be a better word)! - I only...

My alternate is on a magnetic clip that attaches to a D ring in front of my right shoulder. One magnet on the hose, one on the D ring. So the alternate is near the center of my chest. I little below and to the right though. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

The Situation The descent was down an anchor line to a wreck. The current was strong, estimated about 1.5 knots near the surface. The anchor line was close to horizontal. It was hand over hand all the way down. It was a good distance and slow going. I was last in a group of 4 (two buddy pairs)...

See others' comments here http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=466178 Seems too risky to me, but some very respectable divers disagree... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

LarsB, thanks for resurrecting this thread. So cool! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

Dr Lecter, may I ask what was your objective for this dive? I was taught that you go deep only for a good reason. Seems to me this applies even more for a decompression dive. If we are looking for a chain, that may be the start.