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True that. I've been reading the Geocaching website, and they have a lot of rules about proper placement of caches, including not breaking rules, not damaging anything, being environmentally conscious, etc. If your cache doesn't meet standards, they won't post it. Good point, though.

The key phrase in the definition for me is "and other navigational techniques" which would mean GPS coordinates to get you to the shore entry point or mooring location, then other descriptors to help you find the cache.

Greetings all! A few weeks ago during a surface interval at a quarry, a few divers were discussing ways we might add an additional dimension of fun to midwestern freshwater diving. True, Lake Michigan wrecks are fun and exciting, but there's room for more fun as well as navigational...

They don't answer the dive shop any more than they answer me. The dive shop showed me the records of when they called. The Hollis rep knows them by name. But Hollis just plain-and-simple doesn't care about customer service. I was encouraged for a short time when I got an actual answer from a...

Alas, they have not indeed improved at all. My drysuit was recalled as "defective" and my dive shop sent four in for replacement. The material was fraying to the point that it looked like a furry poodle in places. How did Hollis handle the defective material? They shaved it. Then sent it...

Diving Lannon Quarry in Wisconsin, near zero viz. I decided to continue slowly just to build up some bottom time, but didn't really expect to enjoy much with such poor viz. As I slowly swam along the bottom, watching the mud slowly drift past my face mask, suddenly a snarling, toothy...

You won't get an answer from Hollis. But if you contact the customer service rep for Huish, he answers quickly. I've had a part on back order from Hollis for at least six months, but it doesn't prevent me from diving. Hollis didn't answer many e-mails or phone calls, and ignored my Better...

It absolutely cracks me up that almost no one is answering the question as asked. Cracks. Me. Up.

Real divers dive naked. Carrying rocks for weights. And hold their breath from the surface. And sketch what they see on a tablet. But since, you know, technology....I'll keep my drysuit and camera and relax during my dive. Less shrinkage.

There is hope at the end of this story! For what this is worth: As someone who was a retail manager for years, I find it difficult to tolerate poor customer service. If you treat me badly or ignore me, I will go to war with you until I get satisfaction or cause you at least as much damage and...

I like this and will begin using it on my next dive. Thanks.

I'm amused by many of the assumptions in this thread based on...oh I don't really know. Television shows? Popular culture? Old comic books? It reminds me of the "laws of the road" rookies try to tell me exist with regard to a paramedic or EMT stopping to help someone on the side of the road...

I don't know about all these advanced certification cards, but I assume if I whip out my paramedic license, everyone will instinctively understand that "protect the medic" is the rule of the day, just like in the military. Hehehehehe.

Terrific post. I learn far more from the dives that don't go right than from the ones that are uneventful. So I learn a lot. Quite a lot. Holy cow, I think I need to stop having so many "eventful" dives..... Welcome to diving!

I clicked on this thread out of interest because I just bought DAN insurance a few weeks ago. My local dive shop added a paragraph to their liability waiver (inserted by their lawyer) that requires divers joining a charter to accept, or waive, a $500-premium accident policy. Of course...

Excuse me, can you tell me if Deepblu hosting a new event asking dive pros to verify dive logs? I'm not sure from the previous post.

Well, soggybadger, the members of our fire department dive team are skilled divers with decades of experience, and reams of knowledge. They would never make the rookie mistakes that I made. I am the guy who gets to hold lines, watch from above, and try to learn while getting my classroom and...

Fair point made with regard to "you are a certified diver and responsible for yourself." The conflict for me was that my last instruction from him was to stay where I was, so I wanted to follow that instruction. I think in future incidents I will be less likely to give that much weight to my...

So, real advice needed here. My inclination is to go back to this dive shop and complain, but I also have a "suck it up, things happen" tendency to want to brush it off--okay, more like "man up and don't admit it pissed you off" is closer to it: Yesterday was the open water dive for my drysuit...

For what it's worth, I've finally chosen "Diving Log 6.0" as the software I'm using to log dives. It's quite good, and very well supported. The printouts are extremely customizable, and after playing quite a bit with the format designer, I have log book pages that look great. Combined with...