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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 - RECREATIONAL DIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
TOPIC: freediving
hammerhead
Posted: 1/6/2008 4:08:15 PM

Joined on
3/13/2006

 anyone have an interest / opinion on freediving! we've started offering classes/excursions over here and having a blast!

It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.
Dean810
Posted: 1/6/2008 10:02:16 PM

Joined on
5/22/2006

 Acutally, I have no interest in freediving at all

Join the Chicago Scuba Meetup Group!  http://scuba.meeup.com/105 
hammerhead
Posted: 1/7/2008 12:20:32 AM

Joined on
3/13/2006

 Well then, that kills this thread!!!!!!

It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.
PDSLTD
Posted: 1/7/2008 12:43:04 AM

Joined on
6/28/2006

Only time I got hurt in 36 years of diving was last summer FreeDiving to 50 feet and got a reverse block on ascent and now I have ringing in my right ear and can't hear between 4000-8000 htz.  I'll take a pass....

If you do decide to FreeDive, get a SpareAir and have it handy so you can at least stop and try to clear a block if you get one...

To Error on the side of Safety,
is to Live and Dive Again.
hammerhead
Posted: 1/7/2008 10:17:45 AM

Joined on
3/13/2006

 remember when you resort to the despair air, your no longer freediving. Then rules of ascent apply as if on scuba.

It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.
captdarrick
Posted: 1/11/2008 8:08:27 AM

Joined on
1/10/2006
When I was a commercial diver in the 1980's we used to park our support boat near the Flower Gardens off Galveston Texas. Lower the bell down to 100-feet and have free diving competitions. Most divers could get down to the bell at 100-feet. We would take a breath inside and then swim around the reef with just mask and fins on. It was one of the most enjoyable and fabuluous things I have ever done diving. Maybe not the safest or smartest, but the coolest. By the way, we were all very highly trained and very fit! We would also lower the bell down to 150????? and have free acsent contests. NO DESPAIR AIR.

Captain Darrick Lorenzen
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