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39th OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER SHOW
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
12/8/2008
39th OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER SHOW February 20-22, 2009 Our World-Underwater Consumer Dive & Travel Show is in its' 39thYear! It is the longest running sho...

HAL WATTS ARTICLE ABOUT DIVING FATALITIES
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
11/21/2008
Three Divers Die at Forty Fathom Grotto…almost! By Hal Watts All too often we read or hear about divers drowning. With many fatalities, we have to guess the causes, or theoretically reconstruct the events lead...

FOLLOW UP: DIVING FATALITY
Capt. Darrick Lorenzen
11/21/2008
Special Dive Team Assembled To Locate 25-Year-Old ManDaniel Patterson and Eric Hary, members of a professional underwater international cave recovery team, put on their scuba gear to search of Spiegel.POSTED: 1:49 pm...

MSD FORUMS - RECREATIONAL DIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION
TOPIC: honest observation
hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

It's been my experience that Chicago area divers, even the new ones are lower maintence when they show up down here. Last week a couple came in, wife was having trouble with sea sickness, they wanted to do a couple of beach dives. What a pleasent experience it was for me, they were very competent. All I had to do was point out fishies!!!!!! Why do y'all think that is????


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

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cpdsgtal

Joined on
10/30/2006

It's probably because we have to deal with the harshest of diving conditions on a regular basis in our local dive spots.  So when we get to a place for diving in even nicer conditions than we are used to, we still are glad to be there.
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sobfrogg

Joined on
8/4/2006

We train our divers. Not just sign off on em :)

 

Or they are used to diving in Pearl Lake and are just happy not having their gear govered in mud from the entry point :)

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hammerhead

Joined on
3/13/2006

PLEASE GOD SEND ME A GROUP THAT CAN ASSEMBLE THEIR GEAR!!


It's okay, just show us on the doll where the P.A.D.I. instructor touched you.

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captdarrick

Joined on
1/10/2006

I often have people who call me to shop the cost of a refresher course after a 10 year lay off from the sport. They always try to impress me with their diving prowess using a double hose regulator and steel 72 in the 1970's. I tell them the refresher is FREE. All they have to do is correctly assemble a basic gear kit unsupervised and then do a mask clear and mask recovery. If they can't do it the refresher costs $600!


Captain Darrick Lorenzen
captdarrick@midwestscubadiving.com
www.divemaxscuba.com
773-732-8972

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