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Basically a carabiner can easily clip onto something and snap shut without you realising, whereas a bolt clip has to be physically opened before it can latch on.

Madagascar, sorry forgot which reef!

What about the Scubapro Glide star? It is designed for women too, though I am not sure if the price might be a bit of an issue. It does come highly recommended though

Hi Nick, Wow, not quite sure where to start. When I added this thread, I hadn't even finalised the trip! I did finally find a project, and went away with a team called Blue Ventures. Their camp is relatively new, and we turned out to be only their third group of paying volunteers (even...

Must admit I've logged them all so far. It's been handy for stuff like weighting and kit etc, also for the lay out of certain sites and locations of fixed moorings (handy for future guiding). On a personal level, it's good to look back and see what I saw and when, and what I did with whom...

Or you could try Tony Backhurst they do great liveaboards, http:///www.scuba.co.uk I did a trip on Cyclone this time last year and loved it. Wherever you go in the Red Sea, you are likely to find reef, and even many of the wrecks can be more like reefs, they are so smothered with coral...

I must have been there at the same time as you Mania, I spent the bulk of May out in Sharm doing my Divemaster course. Funny enough, while I know I was there to learn, I didn't see any of the great stuff you did!! I't soooo not fair! Some students with our college doing their IDC did have fun...

Craftily disguised on a bit of reef: Recruitment Reef, Andavadoaka, Madagascar. Do you reckon it's a raggy or a tassled scorpion fish?

View of our surface support from below. Virgin reef, SW Madagascar 2004.

Ok I agree with some of what you say, nature has its way of dealing with things. I am not an extremist by any stretch of the imagination, I just think we should actually use the intelligence that we have been given to curb our impact even a little. Yes it is great that we now live twice as...

I don't think you actually got anything that I just said. I have already mentioned that the reason that many of us are concerned about our impact on the environment is for the benefit of the human race. It may well not affect you in your short, fun life, however as I have mentioned our...

I know your question has been answered, but thought I would add that the other bonus of the back inflate is that your boobs don't get squished when you fill your jacket. It can throw you slightly forward in the water at the surface, but I just lean right back and use my jacket like an armchair...

somehow I think us humans can look after ourselves. We have caused more damage and destruction to the very planet that sustains us than any other species could possibly wreak. If you look at it in a really basic sense, if we continue as we are, it will be to our own end, as despite all our...

Agree with a lot of you here. I think if you are close to your buddy you shouldn't need shakers, bangers, clackers or buzzers. It can also cause confusion amongst other divers if someone is rattling away, just to attract their buddy. I do agree that they are handy to have for emergencies...

Not sure if there are two threads on this subject or whether things have been tidied up a little. Anyway, I had some good news from Emperor divers the other day and I believe Mania posted a message too saying that the Giftun project has been quashed from the very top, Mubarak has rejected the...

Hi guys, I just had some good news on this one, apparently the proposal has been rejected by the Egyptian authorities. This came to me in a news letter from Emperor Divers. I am now not sure how concrete the plans were to build on Giftun Island, as this seems to have been resolved so...

Hi there Wandernsoul, I just had to reply to this query, as I have recently returned from Madagascar where I was volunteering for a reef conservation project Blue Ventures. I had the most spectacular experience, and felt that I was contributing my time and effort to a worthy cause. Aside from...

Well it looks as though every aspect of this has kind of been covered. However I thought I would add my little bit. Diving holidays are a great one to choose if you are on your own, as inevitably the ice is broken pretty quickly, and everyone just starts chatting at some point. Not always...

Hi guys… Thanks for the offers of support… having said that, my course was so busy that I didn't get time to go on line to even ask any questions!! I passed my Divemaster on Friday, must admit it was one of the best and most challenging months I have had… well worth it in the end. Good...

Thanks for the support guys, I start the course properly on Monday, so I guess I will have any questions answered then. I haven't been having problems as such, had just thought it might have been interesting to chat about the course with fellow DM students. Though maybe, in reality I am...