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Ken from Ken's Dive Locker in London will make the run. He leaves from Grand Bend which is likely the fastest route. He is more then reasonable on cost but his boat doesn't handle rough waters so you run the risk of getting blown out relatively easy. That said, Ken is oppinionated and if asked...

The St. Clair River is also a popular spot. If you touch base with busdiver, he can give you a pretty good idea of how to dive the MI side of the river. If you feel like coming over to the Ontario side - shoot me a note and I'll be happy to show off the sites we have on this side of the river...

I'm by no means a reg technician so if my rudimentary explanation is off the mark - please excuse me. I'm not sure if "freezing wide open" happens on a first stage either. Perhaps a better way for me to explain this ... if your 2nd stage doesn't completely close (call it freezing open or...

The IP has been set lower for this season - it is at the low end of the reccommended range (125 psi - I think). On my wish list is a MK17 and G250 but so are a lot of other goodies so not sure if it will happen this year or next year. With a first stage freeflow - it is your first stage...

Keep in mind - it was the 2nd stage that was freeflowing, not the first stage. Most courses simulate the 1st stage freeflow which typicially resemble a jacuzzi in the face. In my situation it was the 2nd stage that wouldn't quite "shut" so it was more of steady stream of bubbles. A 2nd stage...

I've had the "pleasure" of my S600 freeflowing twice on the Arabia (both times right around 40 degrees). I have it on a MK25 first stage but in both cases it was the second stage that started to freeflow. I have since had my technician reduce the IP. In the great lakes - its not if you will...

IMHO, it comes down to personal risk tolerance. I regularily do a "gut check" as to what I am comfortable doing with my abilities. Thal and a few others (myself included) had a discussion in another thread on how far down a wall we would go to catch up to a diver who was drifting deeper. The...

With all due respect - I believe that the deputy in question said he would never ask anybody to do that dive. He didn't say he wouldn't do it himself. I agree with Thal that if this particular PSD wouldn't do this dive then he is in the wrong line of work, however I will give him the benefit of...

This is going to come across as harsh, but ... Please consider the welfare of your future students. With your past instructing experience in other fields, I hope you can understand the value of a good instructor. Not saying that you won't be able to become one by going through the cheap route...

Thanks for the update - planning on diving the Wexford on Sunday. I've got about 25 dives on it so far and absolutely love this wreck. I will post if there has been any change on the buoy status.

In the PADI course you are exposed to both methods when "in-water" and the pros/cons of both.

I gave them the scenerio - a group of divers with mixed levels of training and experience in warm water and good to excellent vis. Steep slopping bottom - they are the DM - the group has splintered (I didn't tell them why) and at half way they do a count. They are missing a diver - what do they...

fosterboxermom - it has already been said, but I will echo the words that you didn't leave him there. For you own well being I hope you can come to terms with this ... from second hand sources it sounds like the DM is pretty beaten up over this whole thing and I'm sure he is asking himself what...

What I've learned from this thread: As an instructor for OW students - Just because I have an understanding of personal responsibility doesn't mean everyone else does. I have a responsibility to stress the importance of making your own dive plan. Although I had done this in the past, it is...

Excellent question - what did the DM assume the deceased had done. As an instructor - going down to over 200' would be very low on my list of possibilities (unless I had seen him having bouyancy control issues before hand). Only way to answer this would be to know what the DM thought had...

Perhaps the difference between us then is that I knew that because I sucked that I need to improve on myself and not have false expectations of others. I was lucky that I found some mentors that worked with me and to this day I am eternally grateful for their patience and dedication. I have seen...

Well to satisfy your demands that the DM had the responsibility to protect this individual from himself - I suppose he could have tied a line to this new diver ... so when he wandered off he could have reeled him back in. Maybe he could have made him rewrite the OW exam - specifically the...

I am not saying for a second that this DM didn't dropped the ball - the site was wrong, the breifing stunk. My focus is not ONLY on his original training but the fact of the matter is that if this diver has exercised personal responsibility then this likely wouldn't have happened. Unless he...

If the information that we have is complete and factual then I would agree. However, I believe the ulimate responsibility is still that of the diver in question and unfortunately he paid the ultimate price. In an effort to prevent this from happening again, I want to know what can be done to...

DM role is to ENCOURAGE responsible dive practices - not to ENFORCE them. You can not protect people from themselves. It is however the responsibility of his original instructor to EDUCATE about the risks of diving, how to minimize the risks and to make proper decisions. That said - it is still...