Northwest Dive Club

gcbryan wrote:
This one is a larger one although it doesn't look like 14' to me.

How big does it look to you?

Hah! Sorry Boydski, I did a google search for an image of a sixgill to use for the avatar while posting the video. Thanks for the additional info fellas. Ok, Ok, maybe the adrenalin may have added a foot or two, but it was *definitely* at least 12 feet, wouldn't you say Nailer, Chef, BJ? .... oh wa...

That was so great. I don't have anything to compare that to- looking over and seeing Calvin and Burntchef hovering over that shark.... it was really, really beautifull, the way it moved was so gracefull.....it's skin seemed to glow in our lights. I was in awe of it.

Tangfish wrote:
Any time a diver in our little club becomes more educated I am very happy for all of us.

You mean like when Maverick finally took driver's ed?

".....an old guy who got bent like a pretzel....." I've just got ONE thing to say about THAT, you young whipper-snapper....and here it is...... :bootyshake: - John Oh, crap- that made me laugh pretty hard! JR has plenty of fire in the belly for an "old guy who got bent like...."...

Oh, yeah- there were 2 other students in the class with me- Mel likes to keep the classes small, for better individual attention.

Great report Nailer. My hope is to take that same class this summer with Mel. How many students were there in your class? How many deco dives did you do? How deep and How long? Your report is making me drool, I can'y wait. Mathue We did a total of 6 dives over 3 days. They were all essentially &quo...

I saw several people getting their OW certs this weekend at Cove 2. I was there doing a tech class- we were all supportive and encouraging- I probably wouldn't have been out there if it wasn't for the class I was in either, but- more power to the newbies for snowdiving in wetsuits! I'm sure they'll ...

Well, I just finished my Advanced Nitrox/ Decompression procedures class with Mel and Curt at Silent Scuba . I can sum it up in one word: Intense! We started Thursday night with several hours of classroom work. Friday started with two of the coldest dives I've personally experienced, at cove 2- we p...

"Pulmonary Barotrauma?" From the descent? I have never heard of that. Shortly after these deaths,I met a USCG diver who told me these fatalities were due to the diver's tanks being filled with 100% 02 instead of air. This explanation sounds pretty screwy to me.

Hey! Happy Birthday, Hoss! I hope you're having a good 'un!

Whatever you'd prefer Calvin is fine - if they want, they can re-register. I've never met him/her - they were on another board posting about how some buddies he/she hooked up with were horrible and was talking about how hard it is to find people to dive with. I PMed with our site and invited... the...

That's awesome.

No, I graduated in '84. I guess I grew up in the 70's, too. Actually, I never did grow up, just got older.....

"Yo, where my WASPS at?"

Oh, I allready want a rebreather pretty bad! I just felt like I needed to learn tech OC before I went over to the dark side! What RB is Eric going to?

Good for you! Mel's awesome. I'm starting advanced nitrox/ beginning Deco with her this Thursday, and I hear tell she knows a thing or two about rebreathers!

Ha! I guess when you're building rebreathers in a cobra-hut, the mannequin hair styles can be sort of outdated. I grew up in the 80's, so I didn't even notice......

I just met an interesting guy at my LDS. He spent the last several months in Thailand helping to develop, build, and test this CCR. He said they had a King Cobra in the hut where they were building this thing at one point. You don't run into guys who have cobra problems in the Thai huts they're buil...

Wow. Yeah, it was a really great day for diving. :pale: I appreciate all the information you've shared about your "hit." I think most people who have a DCS hit don't talk about it, or write about it, at any rate. It's been quite educational, following your progress; and I'm delighted that ...

I'm staying at my brother's place in Harlem right now. He lives 3 blocks from the Apollo theater, where James Brown did many a show. They brought his body to the Apollo yesterday for a public viewing- the streets were packed with mourners. I took a few movies of the crowd- I'll put them up here when...

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Holy crap! There's video, too. I'm fascinated by these critters, this is pretty cool. Kinda too bad they killed it capturing it, but......that's a LOT of calamari!

Yeah, Mel is pretty much the person to talk with about rebreathers, and especially the KISS. Why are you interested in the sport model, as opposed to the classic, btw?

Sweet! I can't wait for mine! Yeah, show us some pics, and let us know how it performs in the water!

DDT, those are good questions. I have been wondering the same thing. Unfortunately, the nature of diving deaths is that they leave us with more questions than answers, as often as not. Sorry to say, you may never have answers. I hope you can find a way to be OK with that.