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Thanks Don for this. I hadn't seen this case in the news. If you read the stories on ABC news carefully, you'll see that the last place Gardner was seen alive was on the beach. Giordano is the one who says they were snorkeling and he lost her. So there's no proof that she was ever even in the...

I like the fact that she was an organ donor, as I am. Thanks for sharing that. It makes this sad tragedy a little bit more bearable, knowing that she helped others, even in death. My condolences to you and to her family. Trish

Folks, I know this is an old thread, but hopefully some of you will reply. I've been diagnosed with severe apnea and before the doctor will do the surgery, he wants me to try a CPAP machine for several months. I noticed that several of you on here seem to love yours, but I'm having trouble...

Hi Pete (and the moderators)! Sorry to bother you, but I wanted to make a post asking divers who have sleep apnea what mask they use on their CPAP machines. (I saw on another forum that you use one, too.) I'm just starting with the CPAP and I have a "nose mask" (mouth not covered) and I'm...

Thanks to Dan and Dumpster for keeping us updated on this one. We now know the real story is not as awful as it first sounded, but I still think this guy is a creep for not coming up and thanking people for looking for him. When I think of the time and money involved searching for him (not to...

But no matter what, you've got to get that high blood pressure under control. It may have contributed to this, but even if it didn't, that's not something you can leave unattended. And I'm sure your cardiologist is watching it. I know it's a hard call on medications and buddies. I myself...

Agreed, but at least with an instabuddy, he might get back on the boat and notice you were missing. I'm really surprised at this because I'm often a solo traveller and when I get to the dive op, I make sure they get me a buddy, even (and especially) if I'm doing a group dive. If the dive op...

John, Glad to hear you made it OK. I first read the post and then looked to see who had made it and when I saw "In the Drink", I thought, "Oh no!" It's selfish to say this, but your contributions over the years on Scubaboard have been great and it would have been awful for us simple readers...

I saw in one of the news reports that Ismail's family is joining a protest in Hurghada on the 9th of September which is a general protest about the conditions for diving personnel in Egypt. As for the demand for an investigation by the public authorities, that may or may not lead to compensation...

It seems that Ben McDaniel's family is now offering a $10K reward for information leading to his whereabouts/ his body: Family of missing diver offers $10k reward I think Jim's point is that this may encourage non-experienced divers to go looking for him in that cave, while many experts...

In one of the news reports reprinted in a post here (sorry, I couldn't find it again...), it states that the survivor said she offered the man her octo and they were sharing air while she tried to deal with his weights, but they both continued to sink. It then says that when she became very low...

Thanks Ayisha, for giving the other side of it! Many people have told me how much they love drift diving. But I've just had some unpleasant experiences getting off and on to the boat. Your post made me realise that it's a matter of how the dive op sets things up. Fingers still crossed for the...

Searcaigh, based on what I've read in the press (and yes, I know we have to view that with a grain of salt...), these 2 men were snorkelling alone at the time of each attack and weren't feeding any fish.

... which is why I usually avoid drift dives. First, a big thanks to Dan Volker and BAGBUGGER for explaining so many things about drift diving. I'm sure a LOT of people reading this have learned something. (Me, too!) Second, to explain to you why some of us don't like drift dives and...

This is from the Daily Mail (a bit tabloidy, but better than the Sun): Was the honeymoon shark victim killed by a cover-up? Three other attacks, fishermen's bait lured sharks to the bay but still this couple were told there was no danger | Mail Online So it sounds like local fisherman have...

If you scroll down on that article to the "Comments" section, you'll find some interesting posts from the people in the Keys vs other Floridians who come down for the lobster season. I had no idea there was such animosity between the two groups.

I had never seen a film of one of those dives before and I found it very interesting - and also a bit disturbing. In response to some of the posts about the "right" or "wrong" of this. I had never really thought about it because I didn't think it affected me - until this summer. In June, I...

This calls to mind the recent discussion on this board about the spearing of lionfish and feeding them to sharks. A few weeks ago, I dove at San Salvador (the outer islands of the Bahamas). I had been there 12 months previously and this time, noticed a HUGE difference in the number of sharks...

I agree Don & this is why I don't do shore diving. (I know my limits and I'm not capable of making this kind of exit.) Of course, as you have taught me over the years, I keep my reg in my mouth until I'm back on the bench of the boat. Kind of irritates the Dive Master, who's asking you how your...

From the news.com.au article Dandy Don posted: "Tina and Gabe's two-year courtship was turbulent and nearly ended in early 2003 when Tina took a romantic trip to Atlanta to visit a former boyfriend. Watson was angry when he learned about the fling but proposed to Tina two weeks later."...