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The response that's required to modify anyone's behavior depends heavily on that person's motivations to begin with. The UGC (unsolicited gear checker) may be acting out of a sense of chivalry, courtesy and kindness. Or he could be a sexist, condescending chauvinist that thinks women always...

They were sky diving into the cave at the beginning of the clip? Dunno....

I have not done Komodo or Raja. However, in 2000, we spent 1 week on the Aggressor boat in Truk, followed by 1 week on the Dancer boat in Palau. Unless you count a quick trip into town from the resort, we did no shore activities in Palau. The diving was fantastic. Macro and pelagics...

Human fat does not = marine mammal blubber. It is my impression that human fat is neither positively bouyant (as stated earlier) nor an effective insulator. All other things being equal, a fatter person has more surface area, and would lose heat at a higher rate than someone with less...

But humans do not. Humans have fat, which doesn't help. OP, it just goes to show that diving can be done with only a mild amount of physical exertion. :dontknow: Now, your underlying point is probably that (all other things being equal) a person that's in better physical condition is...

I'm not expert enough to advise you, but I suggest you look into whether you're likely to use the kit lens u/w in the long term. I have a D80 that came with an 18-135 kit lens. It worked fine for a walkaround lens for the first year or so I had the camera. I was gifted the Ikelite housing...

I couldn't disagree more with you two esteemed posters, although I do so respectfully. 9 out of 10 trips for me are short trips with no or very small checked bag, most often only a carryon or two. I would much rather keep my cheaper tickets on those flights than subsidize the costs of the...

OP, besides the fundamental concern of creating competent divers, the industry as a whole also has to live within the reality of the market. On one hand, if dive certifications expired, that could be bad for business because people might continually put off dive trips because they haven't...

Perhaps relevant to the discussion: http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/cozumel/345635-coz-atm-warning-again.html

I'm just a retail branch monkey, and not well versed in the f/x biz, but I'll give you a few ideas to chew on. #1: Despite using the same paper, there does seem to be an exchange rate for USD to Balboas. I did a quick Google search and came up with a variety of websites that claim to offer...

As a banker I offer the following simple ideas about paying when travelling. As an aside, I look forward to the day when I "get rich off all these fees" so I can quit working and dive full time. That hasn't happened yet, but I digress... Cash - highest immediate risk because if it's...

Fair enough.

Perhaps when he told you that, he didn't expect it to be posted on a public scuba diving forum. I certainly hope it wasn't in confidence, because if it was, you just threw him under the bus by posting his thoughts about his boss(es). Agreed with other posters about the one boat thing...

Agreed with above. This is probably partially about money in and of itself. It's also partially about the leverage that a company has once they are in possession of a client's deposit. PHD/A would want to keep the deposits in order to try to get the customer onto one of their boats instead of...

Wisdom. OP, you have to assess your BF's listening skills. On the one hand, his dive skills are likely to improve in time, and the tendency for his enthusiasm to overcome his discipline should lessen with more dives. On the other hand, he's also building his dive habits now, and he (and...

"What did the scuba diver say when he swam into a wall?" Wait for it.... oh yeah...... "Dam".

While that may be true, the 16/17 year olds that have attempted this recently (that I'm aware of) are 3 for 3. Maybe all three (and Abby, too, for having made it as far as she did) were incredibly lucky. I think that's probably a fair statement, but it can be equally applied to anyone that...

I didn't mean to threadjack this into a discussion of auto safety, but want to make four quick points. One, I agree the parents are largely responsible for putting unqualified drivers behind the wheel of high performance cars. My point was that it's a matter of degrees. A 300 hp Mustang...

Risk is always about degrees, so it's ridiculous to try to make it black and white. Some parents buy their teens (or allow their teens to buy) high hp cars, whereas others insist that's not safe and a teen needs a low hp car until they've matured more. Every time a teen is killed in a...

Are you friggin' kidding me? :shocked2: AMAZING situation captured with spectacular clarity. All your pics are excellent, but this one is wild. Thanks for sharing.