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For Subscriber David Denson Whiteside (with username 'dwhitesi' exp: 2024-08-20', at dwhite95815@hotmail.com )
January 18, 2017
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After two divers lost their lives in the well-known Florida cave system last October, it’s awful to discover that there has been yet another fatality there. 55-year-old Charles Odom was found dead at the scene when first responders arrived at the remote sinkhole. It is reported that three other divers were accompanying Odom when he apparently lost consciousness at around 100 ft (30m) deep. (Source: Tampa Bay Times)

Every month on Facebook, we bring you a collection of video clips from the underwater world. On average, several thousand people see each. This figure increased ten-fold when we showed the unfortunate victim of a speargun accident. The picture was pretty gruesome. The accident apparently occurred in the Bahamas and the man (un-named) suffered a spear in through one temple and out of the other. Miraculously, he survived! Those spearguns are lethal weapons.

Are you aware of our free trip planning aid? The Mini Chapbook lets you customize a set of reports from any dive destination, selecting just what online reports you want in it: choose years of interest, the destination, whether liveaboard or dive resorts, the areas within (e.g. Raja Ampat in Indonesia) and even the dive operators. You can quickly generate a small section specific to your needs, for viewing on your screen or downloading as a pdf to take with you. Whereas the 2017 Chapbook contains this year’s reports, in the Mini Chapbook you can include more recent and older reports as well. And you can generate as many Mini Chapbooks as you wish. Give it a try. Go to:
http://www.undercurrent.org/members/UCnow/SubRRTopMA.php
More info here:
http://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/MiniCBkFAQ.php

You probably read an abbreviated DEMA report in December’s email from Undercurrent. The full report of interesting products seen at the latest Diving Equipment Manufacturer’s Association show at Las Vegas will be coming your way in the February newsletter.

Our last email mentioned Stuart Cove’s calendar that features the international cast of female instructors who work at his Bahamas dive center. We said, “In each B&W photo, a different one is holding her breath while submerged and wearing very little apart from the expression on her face.” That’s to say there is no sign of any scuba equipment, masks, fins or exposure suits in the pictures. We didn’t mean to offend anyone, though one woman diver complained. But, we just thought it was a jolly project that deserved a bit of free publicity. The girls were aghast when they heard some readers thought they were being exploited. It was their idea! www.stuartcove.com/shop_details.aspx?prodId=30

The Undercurrent bookshop offers a number of publications that will interest a diver. This winter take a look at www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/bookpicks.shtml where you will find everything that’s recently been reviewed. Just the thing to keep you stimulated if you’re sitting by a warm fireside.

Diving in the Sea of Cortez . . . Liability waivers – What you think . . . A new way for people to get hurt underwater . . . In-water recompression and comments from subscribers . . . Why you might need to renew your passport sooner rather than later . . . Stricter rules for some underwater photo competitions . . . A long swim to safety . . . That devil gas may not be as bad as you thought . . . and much, much more.

Ben Davison, editor/publisher
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