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    Airline losing all the gear + mitigating the risks next time

    Here is a link: Lost Baggage | Step by Step Guide | Air Passenger Rights The Facebook group, though, provides personal advice and has a lot of information. Gabor has been slower about updating the website. I've been following this for ages - it's really interesting. The FB group is the place to...
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    Airline losing all the gear + mitigating the risks next time

    You routed through Canada, so I would suggest joining the "Air Passenger Rights (Canada)" group on Facebook. The person who runs the group is a passenger rights advocate who started in this line of service after an airline made things exceptionally difficult for him a few years ago. He's had...
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    St. Lawrence River temperature

    Viz was not great on Saturday at Lock 23. 5-10 feet, fast current and then lots of weird currents around the structures. A challenging dive for sure. We lost a member of our group for a bit (gcarter, I'll fill you in on Wed) because of the current + viz situation. Fortunately we were all...
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    Innerkip Quarry

    Do they ever do group dives? I'm based out of Toronto but want to get back in the water and meet some people who do local-ish diving. Looking to ease back into it a bit since I need some drysuit practice. Looks like Dolime is only an hour and a bit from my place downtown...
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    Considering Palau Aggressor ...

    I'm on my way home after an awesome week diving off the Palau Aggressor II. Absolutely amazing trip. Boat docks in the afternoon on Saturday - they aim to shuttle people off in the afternoon in a couple of skiffs, and there's a "cocktail party" thing around 6pm. They start replenishing the boat...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    I developed respiratory problems after serving in the military - I'm not exactly sure what I was exposed to, but i took a few seasons off from diving until things settled down. The risk of an eruption and the subsequent ash cloud (and the makeup of the ash) isn't really worth it. I'm in my 30s...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    I'm in the process of cancelling my trip (I was due to depart on the 12th) - most are willing to refund deposits no problem, one wants evidence of cancelled flights (Singapore is currently giving all passengers the option to reschedule or cancel bookings, mine has offered to let me reschedule or...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    I've told my friend I'm not flying to Bali unless the volcano alert level drops - and that the absolute last day for that to happen is Oct 1. We incur additional charges in terms of cancellation penalties past that date. I don't want to risk my health, my insurance has given me a wink wink on...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    I'm trying to drag out cancelling because if something happens or there's a travel advisory issued, my insurance will pay out. My potential losses aren't that big ($300 ish in deposits, $200 in airplane change fees) but hey, if I can get them back... why not? I feel the same way about the...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    Tulamben is definitely out. I find it odd no one has reached out to us, but even if things settle a bit I'm not sure I feel comfortable heading there knowing there is still elevated risk. I read that some places have restarted operations in Amed again, after evacuating, since it may no longer...
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    Tulamben, Mount Agung, Current Situation...

    I'm due to fly to Bali on Oct 12, arriving on the 13th and meeting my friend on the 14th. We received an update from the dive shop we're booked with saying that all is as normal in Padang Bai and that some evacuees were arriving into the area. I took a look at the map, and I'm a bit surprised at...
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    High Water Levels Causing Problems

    I have friends diving Lock 23 tonight (Morrisburg) to test things out as they were planning to start their weekly club dives there next week. Usually they start weekly dives at the Connie, but it looks like the road is still closed. I'm very interested in hearing how their experience is... I...
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    Brockville Dive Report - August 2016

    Clint, great report! It's always interesting to read about some "old hat" dives through the eyes of someone new to them. I was in the area this weekend (for my first dives of the summer - yikes) and found the viz was pretty brutal on both Wednesday and Monday. The group I (and gcarter, above)...
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    How does a diver get left behind?

    I always thought this was a St. Lawrence scuba urban legend, designed to scare people away from making a panicked decision to pop up in the channel...
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    What is the best way to increase thermal protection of a semi-dry?

    I wear wool socks all the time when diving wet since I'm always cold. It's a great piece of advice - new divers always look at me like I'm crazy when they see me walking around with socks and a bathing suit on while getting geared up!
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    Car safety in other (non-diving) places

    We didn't keep anything in our vehicles we couldn't afford to lose... No matter where we parked. The doors were always left unlocked as well. Just keep things in your room or with you and then there's nothing to worry about!
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    Hiya Dive buddies, Toronto.

    In Ottawa we're used to driving an hour or so to the good sites along the river... I'm assuming Toronto would be the same (or a bit worse)? I bought a drysuit at the end of last season and have been getting some serious underwater time in along the St. Lawrence and our local quarry so I'm hoping...
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    Hiya Dive buddies, Toronto.

    I'm moving to Toronto in two weeks! I will be living downtown-ish though...
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    New Diver friendly spots (Shore dives) in the Trenton/belleville area?

    Is there still a dive shop on Dundas St in Belleville? They would probably have some good recommendations!
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    Moving to Ottawa

    Tons of diving! If you need a refresher there's the quarry and lots of easy, fun shore sites within an hours drive from the airport. I dive with a group who met through Sharky's and we get together every Wed. One of the instructors owns a house on the waterfront in Morrisburg which is awesome...
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