Northwest Dive Club

Beautiful photos, Calvin! I especially liked the shark and the long blue nudi. :-)

It sounds like you did an excellent job of weighing the risks - I'm not sure if I would have had the foresight to do the same. I've lost two to flooding, but I was nowhere near that deep. If I'm able to descend near a buoy, I've taken to checking my camera as soon as we start descending so that if I...

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PS - This photo is unreal!!!

WOW!!! Fantastic photos and an excellent trip report, Bob. That looks like it was an incredible trip! I hope I get to do something that cool when I turn 60. You must have seen some amazingly beautiful creatures.

Do we get more pics???

Congrats - nice work! :smt038

When/where is the Expo?

FANTASTIC photos, cardiver!!! nice camera, for sure. :-)

you're so lucky! seahorses seem to be quite elusive creatures. - we looked for 1 in bonaire a couple of times with pretty good coordinates and still weren't able to find it until someone came over with a big camera to take photos of it. apparently we had been looking right at it a few times; just ne...

yeah; copies of everything! more than 1 - leave one with someone at home and take a couple with you kept in very safe places and separate from the actual documents. never hurts to be over-prepared! you are gonna have so much fun. bonaire is AMAZING!!! long, long dives in clear, clear water ... and s...

Diver_Dave wrote:3rd boat this week and its ony Thursday.....

ouch. that so sucks!!!

i'm so jealous. i was hoping to go there mid-march. looked to me a much better destination than cabo. but i don't think it's gonna work out for me. would love to hear how you liked it when you get back! and don't forget lots of pics!!!

just pay the departure tax when you arrive, before you even leave the airport.

congrats, sounder - i guess i know what you've been up to! ;-) cardiver, that's not nice! :-p my LR is doing fine. smells awful like it's burning oil something fierce every now and then (luckily it's under warranty until march 2009 or 70k miles so i'm hoping whatever is going to go wrong goes wrong ...

no, the uwatec bottom timer is just a timer - backup for if your computer dies; not backup for if your spg dies. and yes - if it came down to it, you really should be able to safely ascend at a rate that won't kill you without the help of any gauges or computers whatsoever. hopefully you aren't divi...

aw ... shux, guys - it's nice to be missed. :-) i'm still around. i lost my job at the beginning of october - i'm sure that's partly to blame for some things. but i think a bigger reason i haven't been diving (besides the fact that it's gloomy and cold outside) is that i "lost" my primary ...

wow, dave; that is a terrible story. my heart goes out to everyone up there, especially his family and friends.

LCF wrote:A lot of people will tell you to hydrate or eat something rich in potassium, but in fact, cramps are rarely related to either.

HERE's a good essay on cramps in divers, and there is at least one other on the Divefitness site.

cool article - thanks!

mmm, old mercedes, mmm.

dsteding wrote:

Burntchef wrote:ok so im not nerdy enought to know what ymmv is, help??

Your mileage may vary.

dang - i learn something new every day! on this board, no less!

i hope you have the most fantastic day ever, val!

glad to hear the surgery went well!!!

nope; but the weather has been hideous at my house on union bay in seattle. and i'm landlocked really; the sound must be getting hammered. this looks like the weather i left out at ocean shores on sunday!

that sucks, bassman ... but i hope your surgery goes well and you heal up quickly!!!

it almost looks like it doesn't have doors. do you just hop in through the windows? ('cause that would be so cool!)

i'm not really into plastic bumpers either, but my range rover had a chrome bumper and while it looked nice, it was not something you wanted to have to replace. chrome doesn't play well offroad. i will say that's a pretty nice-looking auto you've got there ... but it doesn't look like much of a scub...