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// November 9th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

World domination is now at hand… Well, at least started.. ;)

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Mexico’s subterranean scuba

// October 17th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Below is the article written by Darryl Leniuk about diving the cenotes around Tulum, Mexico with the best dive shop in Mexico – Cenote Dive Centre!

You won’t get seasick diving into one of the Yucatan’s tranquil sinkholes, where glittering grottoes and stalactites stand in for fish and coral

DARRYL LENIUK
Special to The Globe and Mail

CANCUN, MEXICO — Cool water works its way into my wetsuit as my guide, Dave Tomlinson, gives the “thumbs down” signal and I descend into the gin-clear waters of Grand Cenote, an inland freshwater cave 130 kilometres south of Cancun, Mexico. Shafts of sunlight shimmer in the open pool. With Tomlinson leading, our group of divers follows single-file into the liquid-filled void. Ahead is only darkness. My eyes slowly adjust to the pale blue light, and the whole expanse of the cave comes into view.

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Lost inside a cave – Divester.com

// August 30th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

“Lost inside a cave with no line and no idea which direction to take.”

scary caveAfter completing a 500-foot cave dive by himself, in low vis, Dr. Mike — a fairly accomplished cave diver – was doing his deco stop in 9 feet of water when he suddenly found himself in a dangerous predicament. According to Mike, the conditions were:

  • No wing inflation.
  • Almost no dilutant.
  • No O2 (it was maybe 10 bar left in a 2L)!
  • No bailout (I had staged it as I was decoing on O2).
  • Only one fin.
  • Lost inside a cave with no line and no idea which direction to take.
  • 8 hours on scrubber so no idea if its going to run out any moment.
  • Zero visibility
  • This was not good.

What an understatement. Oddly, Dr. Mike has several stories posted under the umbrella heading “Screw-up Stories.” Maybe it’s time for a new hobby.

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Blog Establishment

// August 28th, 2006 // No Comments » // Uncategorized

Ok, so I consider this to be the first OFFICIAL post to the new blog… Sure, there have been some others, however, they have mostly been tests and general ramblings while I figure out what I’m going to actually do with this blog.

So far I’ve broken the blog into two catagories:
 - Brain Dump
 - The MINeD Field

The first will likely contain just that – brain dumps. Ocassionally I have a thought or two which I need to work out and this will be where items end up. So far I can see it mostly being my questions I ask while trying to analyze something… It happens a lot so this might be a big catagory…

The second catagory is for the book I am currently working on. As I work on sections and have things completed, I will be posting them under that catagory for two reasons: 1. to share with everyone and 2. to get feedback as people seem fit to respond. I feel the book itself (when completed) will be something worth sharing and should serve a great number of people to begin to understand and improve their own self image.

Ok, so that’s about it for now… I will likely add in another catagory or two as things develop (I’m thinking the first one to be added will likely be one for diving…), however, we’ll run with these for now.

T.

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