Aug 16, 20231 min readEntertain Me! Fuck Up More!Sometimes challenges as an instructor come from the unlikeliest places. Student I know. Pretty well. Worked with them before. I know...
Aug 9, 20231 min readConducting Drills "Wrong"I don't know why I never thought of it before. Wanted to get a lost diver drill done on this morning's dive. But during our exit (when I...
Jul 3, 20232 min readJust Put Them on Your Sides (If You Want to Look Like a Chump)The first time I'd ever heard of sidemount the only configuration-specific harnesses being produced for the market were the Golem Gear...
Jun 29, 20232 min readIt's Supposed to be FunRecently had an email seeking advice from a friend about getting back into cave diving. They'd been out of it for a while, you see. ...
May 19, 20234 min readDoing Nothing is HardGout is the goddamned worst. For those of you who neither have it nor know anyone who does: Imagine the first knuckle of your big toe...
Apr 30, 20232 min readYou Won't Take Me Alive!!!Three weeks ago: DPV class Last two weeks: Trimix class This week: Sidemount class Next week: Intro to Cave Week after: Guiding at the...
Apr 21, 20232 min readIf You See SomethingAt what point do you call out a diver? There was a popular phrase around NYC (around, I assume, most major cities) just after 9/11: "If...