THE DIVE BUM

The other day I had an long, interesting, and a lovely phone call with a person for whom I have a great deal of respect (and for whom you p...

I love being an educator and acting as a mentor.  There were so very many things I wanted to know when I was getting started, that I wanted ...

Over the last few days I have had the same conversation with four different divers and instructors I respect enormously. Several of them ab...

There are two pictures on the internet right now.  Almost identical: a diver sits on a boat, smiling at the camera, breathing oxygen to miti...

You absolutely must follow training standards.  Until you don't.   When is that point?  How distant a deviation is acceptable?  Wha...