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HAIGH QUARRY OPENING FOR THE 2012 SEASON IN jANUARY?
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
1/7/2012
No, the season at Haigh Quarry is not opening this weekend! It will open for the 2012 season on Saturday April 7th, but because of our unusually warm weather Tina has decided to give Midwest divers a chance to scratch th...

SCUBA DIVERS LEFT BEHIND IN FLORIDA
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
10/6/2011
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday that it was investigating RJ Diving Ventures of Miami Florida. The investigation was initiated because the dive operator left behind two tourists while they were scuba diving.   D...

10 WORST MISTAKES MADE BY RECREATIONAL DIVERS
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
9/30/2011
1.      Don’t make safety decisions based on financial considerations! Many fatalities and injuries occur because people want diving, dive training or dive travel to be cheap, easy and fast. Always use the proper equipme...

MSD FORUMS - FOREIGN TRAVEL
TOPIC: Galapagos Islands
captdarrick
Posted: 1/20/2009 12:48:29 PM

Joined on
1/10/2006

 I am interested in putting a trip together to the Galapagos. I am intrigued by this area as it was where Charles Darwin got most of his material for the theory of evolution and his book The Origin of the Species.I understand the underwater environment is spectacular. Can anyone give me some feed back about traveling to this area? Anything regarding air travel, accomodations, live aboards, food, safety, dive sites and dive operators would be greatly appreciated.