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You think divers are cheap bastards? Try climbers, especially British ones. Some guys would rather rappel off old really junky slings than leave 50 cents worth of webbing. Course thats cause many climbers would rather climb than work and have little money as a result. Divers are rich by comparison.

Outside Magazine. The horror the horror!!! I hate that yuppie poser rag with the latest coolest things to do. I have seen this before with rock climbing and mountain biking. Once the magazines do cover shots on an area it is over run, degraded, and never the same. Call me elitist but once the...

How are currents in Raja Ampat? I would like to go in a years time. By then I may have 50 or so dives logged total so am not experienced like most of you folks. How suitable is it for a moderate experience level?

Thanks, I was thinking on those lines. Tips are definitely useful when new in a sport (I have only done 17 dives). It took me years to pick up useful tidbits at the start of my climbing career, now after 31 years of technical rock, ice, and alpine I have figured out a lot of stuff, just in time...

I bought a Scout (old style) and will be diving with it (warm water diving)for the first time next week. Do you Scout users put all your weight in the BCD or do you use a weight belt for most of it and some trim in the back? I think if all the weight is in the back there could be a tendency for...

Did 2 dives at Dos Ojos in January. Lots of fun, great experience. It is totally cool. These were only my 16 and 17th dives respectively but bouyancy control is easy in this environment. There is a local photographer who takes pictures (and short films) of people then sells them a Cd afterward...