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Craig Challen Interview Updated |
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Friday, 28 October 2011 16:30 |
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 The podcast interview with Craig Challen has been updated to include an interview by Radio New Zealand on the record breaking 194m dive he conducted in the Pearse Resurgence in New Zealand in 2011.
Listen to the new podcast here. |
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New Roe Plains Cave Discovery |
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Saturday, 15 October 2011 16:02 |
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In one of the most significant Australian cave diving discoveries to be made in recent times, Paul Hosie and team have discovered an amazing new cave diving system on the Roe Plains which forms part of the Nullarbor in WA.
A small pool of water in a newly discovered karst feature, led to a small low silty passage which was pushed for 90m and then opened up into a large going passage running at least 800m away from the entrance pool with numerous side passages.
The team explored approximately 1500m of underwater passage in just three days of diving. Plans are underway for a return trip to continue exploration and mapping of this new system.
The team consisted of Paul, Alan Polini, Brian Kakuk (visiting from the Bahamas), Ken Smith, Richard Harris and Grant Pearce.
More Information | Cave Map
Update 1st November from Paul Hosie: We just got back from a return trip and have now surveyed 2100m of passage, several leads continuing. I will have a map and updated story on trimixdivers soon. |
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New Photo Galleries |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 10:39 |
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 There have been some great new cave diving photo galleries added to the vision section of the site recently:
Many thanks to Liz Rogers for these. Further examples of Liz's work can be seen at her web site Photography Under Pressure. |
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Steve Martin in Australia |
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Friday, 23 September 2011 16:07 |
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 Steve Martin will be in Australia September 2011 - February 2012 promoting and teaching side mount diving.
From Steve's web site:
http://www.sidemountscubadiving.com
Steve Martin - Sidemount Instructor will be in Australia
I'm heading back to Australia with one goal to promote Sidemount Diving, below are my basic travel plans. Please contact me for further details.
Australia, Perth (West Coast) - 8th September until 20th October (6 weeks)
Australia (East Coast) - November 2011 until February 2012 (3 months)
Read Pat Fitzgerald's article on his side mount course with Steve |
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Dive Rite 2011 Photo Contest |
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Friday, 09 September 2011 17:21 |
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Congratulations to Aussie cave divers Damien Siviero and Dean Chamberlain for achieving equal third place in the Dive Rite 2011 Photo Contest.
View their photos here. |
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Brian Kakuk Visits Australia |
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Tuesday, 06 September 2011 15:31 |
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 Brian Kakuk is a veteran explorer of nearly 20 years of underwater cave exploration in the Bahamas, and co-author of Side Mount Profiles. He will be visiting Australia later this month teaching sidemount diving courses and enjoying some of Australia’s caves. There are two opportunities to hear from one of the most respected cave divers in the world, and see some of the extraordinary beauty of the underwater flooded Bahamas Caves:
- CDAA Member Symposium & Annual Dinner: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th September ,10am each day at the Port Education Centre, 343-383 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne.
- Divers Forum: Wednesday 12 October from 6.45pm at the Hyperbaric Medicine Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital. Contact the Hyperbaric Unit for more details: 08 8222 5116 or 08 8222 5121.
www.bahamasunderground.com |
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Aussie Cave Divers Receive NSS-CDS Awards |
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Saturday, 11 June 2011 15:40 |
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Congratulations to Aussie cave divers Ken Smith and Agnes Milowka for receiving awards from the National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section (NSS-CDS) at their workshop held in Florida, USA on May 28th. The Exploration Award was jointly awarded to Agnes and American cave diver James Toland for their work in connecting Peacock Spring to Baptizing Spring. Agnes received the award posthumously. Ken received the Science Award for development of the radiolocation “Pingers” which have been used in the USA and the Bahamas in recent projects.
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Razor Side Mount System |
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Friday, 20 May 2011 09:02 |
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The Razor Side Mount System is a complete integrated system designed specifically for side mount diving. It can be used for both cold water diving with drysuits and steel tanks and warm water diving with wetsuits and aluminium tanks.
The development and testing process of the Razor Side Mount System has taken several years and hundreds of side mount dives under real world conditions with most dives being conducted in the cave environment by some of the world's most experienced side mount divers and cave explorers. The last test dives for example were conducted by Steve Bogaerts and Bil Phillips using side mount plus 4 stages and 2 scooters each for extended cave exploration dives in Sistema Ox Bel Ha.
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Nomad JT Sidemount Rig |
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Wednesday, 27 April 2011 12:14 |
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From the DiveRite Newsletter:
For purists and hard core sidemount explorers, the Nomad JT is the rig you want to wear. This rig is designed strictly for sidemount diving and will not adapt to doubles or single tanks.
The rig has a 360-degree, 50lb lift wing that gives added lift at the diver's hips/rear which is important for explorers carrying heavy or multiple cylinders.
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