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Our Shark Bait Dive Club meeting will be this coming Thursday at the Garrison Street Grill. The meeting will start Thursday February 23 at 6:00 PM.
We will have a presentation by Lynn and Scott Taylor on their dives on the USS Arizona with the National Park Service's videographer Brett Seymour. They will also speak on Wounded Warriors.
Please RSVP!
See below for details!
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Shark Bait Dive Club meeting Thursday February 23rd
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Join Us Thursday February 23rd at 6:00 PM at Garrison Street Grill
What: February Club meeting
Where: Garrison Street Grill (formerly cafe Del Sol)
608 Garrison Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
When: 6:00 PM Thursday Jan 26, 2017
Speaker: Lynn and Scott Taylor
Topic: Diving the USS Arizona and Wounded Warriors
PLEASE send your RSVP:
[email protected]
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Monthly Dive Club Meeting
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Join us this Thursday for a presentation by Lynn and Scott Taylor.
Topic inclusions:
- Threir 2016 USS Arizona expedition with the NPS
- Show/tell about a few related books
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Diving program for disabled veterans and related (upcoming) program with the National Park Service
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Speaker's Bio:
Lynn Taylor
- Put up with Scott for 45 years
- Father started A-1 in 1959
- PADI MI
- Runs the store travel agency
- Co-owner of A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center
Scott Taylor
- Served in the US Air Force (1970-74)
- Graduated from CU Physical Therapy program in 1978. Worked at VA and Craig Hospital
- Started teaching adaptive scuba in early 80's
- PADI, DAN and HSA Course Director
- Co-owner of A-1 Scuba & Travel Aquatics Center
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The Diving Part of our October trip to the Red Sea is sold out BUT we are taking waiting list names with a
refundable $100 deposit. The Nile Cruise part of the trip, however, is STILL AVAILABLE.
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EGYPT / Nile Cruise
Cruise the Nile aboard the NTS Nile
October 12-19, 2017
Price: $ 3141
Based on double occupancy
We will visit the pyramids and antiquities while on board a NTS Nile Cruise boat as well as land based exploration in Cairo. A few of the sights we will see include: the High Dam of Aswan, Temple of Kom Ombo, Edfu Temple, Valley of Kings, Colossi of Menon, Karnak and Luxor Temples. We will also visit the Pyramids of Giza, The Sphinx, the Citadel of Salah El Din, the Egyptian Museum and the
Khan El Khalily Bazaar. Truly a memorable once in lifetime experience.
$1000 Non-refundable Deposit to confirm Space.
Final Payment Due July 6, 2017
Credit Cards subject to 3% fee
We hope that you can join us!
Package Includes:
Roundtrip Airfare from Denver
Airport/ boat transfers
3 nights Nile Cruise with all meals
3 nights in Cairo with daily breakfast
Tours on Nile Cruise and in Cairo
Trip Insurance (Travel Guard)
Package DOES NOT Include:
Visa fees-$25USD
Meals and Beverages not specified
Dive Crew/Resort staff Gratuities
$1,000 Non-refundable Deposit to confirm Space.
Final Payment Due July 6, 2017
Credit Cards subject to 3% fee
Green Mountain Scuba * 303-986-5122 * 215 S. Wadsworth Boulevard, Suite 420
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| Upcoming Trips and Events |
Mark Your Calendar Now:
Colorado Underwater Photographic Society - 3rd Tuesday each month. Meets at the Downtown Aquarium. Go to:
http://cupsonline.net/ for details
March 23, 2017 - Shark Bait Dive Club monthly meeting at Garrison Street Grill. Sonia Atwood and Richard topic TBD
April 27, 2017 - Shark Bait Dive Club monthly meeting at Garrison Street Grill. Debra Gaburo will talk on Sea Life Cameras and Akona Bags
May 25, 2017 - Shark Bait Dive Club monthly meeting at Garrison Street Grill. Kathy Miller will talk on Archeology
June 1 - 10, 2017 Fiji Live-aboard. $5,495 includes air from LAX, 7 nights aboard the Nai'a.
Call UWP at 303-988-6725 for details and to sign up. 1 spot left.
June 11 - 18, 2017 Cozumel. Fiesta Americana $2290/person all-inclusive with air.
Call UWP at 303-988-6725 for details and to sign up.
June 22, 2017 - Shark Bait Dive Club monthly meeting at Garrison Street Grill. Speaker TBD
Oct
ober 12 - 19, 2017 Shark Bait Dive Club trip to Egypt for a Nile Cruise
$3141 including: Round trip air from Denver, room and board on the NTS Nile, 3 nights in Cairo, guided tours, attraction admission and trip insurance! We will see the Valley of the Kings, Aswan, Luxor, the Sphinx, the Pyramids of Giza, the Grand Bazaar and museums of Cairo! (The Red Sea diving part of our adventure is sold out, but the rest is still available)
Call Green Mountain Scuba at 303-986-5122 for details and to sign up
October 26, 2017 - Shark Bait Dive Club monthly meeting at Garrison Street Grill.
Paddy Ryan will speak on the Great Barrier Reef.
October 28 - Nov 1, 2017 Colorado Scuba Bash Belize Ambergris Caye Sunbreeze Hotel. Price: $2699 Call UWP at 303-988-6725 for details and to sign up.
December 30 - Jan 6, 2018 New Years Eve in Roatan Anthony's Key Resort Price $2699
Call UWP at 303-988-6725 for details and to sign up.
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Dive Etiquette Tip of the Month:
(reprinted from our February 2013 Newsletter)
Dive Boat Etiquette Reviewed
From Debbie and Dennis Jacobson, the Scuba Snobs
This month's diving etiquette tip reviews some things we hope you know about boat diving. We haven't discussed these points yet, but have previously written about other matters of etiquette on dive boats: use a boat bag, don't loiter, etc.
Here are a few more important reminders. Move slowly and carefully when you have your dive gear on. Dive boats can be pretty crowded even with just a few divers. The aisles are narrow, dive stations close together, and moving around geared up can be hazardous to your self and others. Move slowly to avoid falling or bumping into other things or other people. We were once on a dive boat off of southern California when we observed a guy fully geared up for his night dive stand up suddenly and step back and hit his wife just under the eye with his tank light causing a cut that ultimately required stitches. Move slowly, and be aware of your surroundings.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST!
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Swimming with La Paz Whale Sharks
from the February, 2017 issue of Undercurrent
A few months back I went on a whale shark tour off Isla Mujeres, near Cozumel, wanting to see these lovely animals in the wild and just watch them. Aside from seeing the tiburon ballena (and a few mantas), the overall experience -- safety, value, and worst of all, harassing the animals -- was terrible.
I have found a good way to see whale sharks without harassing them, while actually contributing to research efforts to protect them.
The operation is called Tiburon Ballena (Spanish for 'whaleshark') and is based in La Paz, Mexico. Dr. Deni Ramirez, a marine biologist who has been studying whale sharks for over a decade, leads it. Aboard her boat, El Zorro, a 26-foot panga-type vessel, I cruised all around Bahia de La Paz, following and swimming with the critters in the whale shark nursery. I spent about three hours on the water, and swam with seven or eight different animals. The visibility was just 10-12 feet, so keeping outside the 6-foot standoff zone meant I could see them, but they were not crystal-clear. The GoPro videos were OK. The experience, though, was great.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST!
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If you have info that you would like for me to share, requests for speakers or would like to give a program for the club - please let me know!
Sincerely,
Mark Wolff
Green Mountain Scuba
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Diving is Life - Everything Else is a Surface Interval
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