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Thank you. You know...
....during idle time on the safety stops (which can be dull going through for the 3rd time for the day, particularly in blue water), I recalled time2tic's great 60m dive with the JLC....and thought "I have to get Nico's Polaris down here...."
Diving in Bali
By: BDLJ : November 9th, 2009-00:09
Hello All, Haven't posted for a little while as I took 12 days off to head to the North-East coast of Bali for a break from work. A friend and I headed to the tiny town of Tulamben to dive the wreck of the USAT Liberty, which was torpedoed off Bali in the...
Thank you, MW. I am rated...
By: BDLJ : November 9th, 2009-17:02
...to 40m. Which is basically the limit for recreational (non-technical) dives. The main or "absolute" limit is maintaining your No Decompression Limit. Which, fundamentally, means you have absorbed enough Nitrogen to require decompression stops to ensure...
Cool post !
By: bimbeano : November 9th, 2009-12:10
Hi Ben, now i know you're certainly not claustrofobic ... not even in an abandoned hospital. Diving must be very fascinating (i can't even swim) but oh so dangerous (well, that's what people say), i lost a friend two years ago while diving. I'm glad you h...
Danger
By: BDLJ : November 9th, 2009-17:51
Hi Graham, One of my best holidays ever and the best diving I've done. Bit tiring though as some days we were doing 4 dives (before brekky, before lunch, mid afternoon and a night dive)....afterwards it was beer time, so after doing that a few times it wa...
More please ...
By: AndrewD : November 9th, 2009-19:03
Excellent post, Ben. I have never tried diving, but I clearly should. Do you have any more photos of the shipwreck? Do you wear a mechanical watch for fun/backup as well as a 'dive computer'? Pleased you had a safe and great time. Andrew
Will try...
By: BDLJ : November 9th, 2009-20:21
Andrew, I'll try to load some more up tonight. As for diving, if you do decide to, I'd recommend doing the PADI OW on-line then head somewhere warm and tropical to do the practical stuff. I usually wear a Suunto dive computer on the right wrist and a Citi...
Those photos...
By: BDLJ : November 10th, 2009-02:29
...were taken with a old 7Meg Canon Ixus in a 40m WR case....Nothing special and no problems at all. The hard bit is getting close enough (like for the pygmy seahorse) and still enough (my bouyancy....) to get a good shot. Thank god for big memory cards.....
Very kind …
By: AndrewD : November 10th, 2009-13:48
Thanks Ben, Very kind offer. Parachuting and diving are things I should get around to trying; too easy to get stuck with the ‘routine’. And I don’t think there has been a ‘dive watch GTG with diving’, so that’s a great ...
Nudibranchs!
By: dxboon : November 11th, 2009-23:39
Your pictures are truly inspiring! I think the idea of space travel is interesting, but why go to space when so much of our own planet is still a mystery to us? Your underwater adventure looks like it was amazing! Nudibranchs are some of my favorite creat...
Thank you. You know...
By: BDLJ : November 10th, 2009-03:19
....during idle time on the safety stops (which can be dull going through for the 3rd time for the day, particularly in blue water), I recalled time2tic's great 60m dive with the JLC....and thought "I have to get Nico's Polaris down here...."