Nicolo's Chicago Style Pizza

will host our next meeting. They offer Pizza, Calzones, Sandwiches, Salads and great Italian entrees. Some of our members enjoy an adult beverage with dinner and Nicolo's has us covered. They offer BEER, WINE and a FULL BAR. They have gluten-Free and Dairy-Free options as well. CLICK HERE to look at the full menu.

Hello Mark,

July Dive Club Meeting at Nicolo's Chicago Style Pizza.

If you would like to present or if you have a topic you would like to hear about at a future meeting, please let me know! drmark@greenmountainchiro.com.

What: July Dive Club Meeting

Where: Nicolo's Chicago Style Pizza

7847 West Jewell Avenue

Lakewood, CO 80232

When: 6:00 pm - 8 pm 7/24/25

Topic: Diving in Remote Locations

Speaker: Mike Welch with DAN

Please hit the RSVP link to register, so we can let the restaurant know how many are coming.

Diving in Remote Locations. We’ll discuss some of the things that make remote diving unique, how those iniquities can introduce or change the level of risk, and how we can make these excursions safer.

Diving is Life, Everything else is a Surface Interval



Mike Welch, Diver's Alert Network (DAN) - Safety Services Specialist. He joined DAN in 2024 after nearly 30 years at IBM where he was a technical writer and program manager.

Mike is a DAN Instructor, a PADI MSDT, and an SSI Divemaster Instructor, and dive trip leader for one of the local shops.

Mark Your Calendar:

August 28, 2025 - August Shark Bait Dive Club Meeting - Speaker Paddy Ryan

September 25, 2025 - September Shark Bait Dive Club Meeting - Speaker Tammy Crynes - SBDC Italy Trip

October 23, 2025 - October Shark Bait Dive Club Meeting - Speaker - TBD

November 22 - 29, 2025 Fiji - Volivoli Resort. All-Inclusive from $2499 (air not included). Includes: meals, diving, 7 nights accommodation. Call UWP at 303-988-6725 or CLICK HERE for details.

June 2026 Shark Bait Dive Club Trip to GREECE Details coming soon!

September 8 - 18, 2026 - Bali, Alum Batu Beach Resort All-Inclusive from from $2499 (air not included) Includes: meals, diving, 10 night accommodation. Call UWP at UWP 303-988-6725 or CLICK HERE for details.

Total Solar Eclipse on the Red Sea! July - August 2027 (exact dates TBD) There will a week diving the Southern Red Sea where we will experience the large critters of the Red Sea, see the fabulous endemic species that populate the Red Sea and we will watch the Total Eclipse of the Sun from the deck of our Luxury Live-a-Board (or underwater if you prefer)!

There will optional excursions to see the New Egyptian Museum in Cairo, tour Luxor, the Valley of the Kings and Petra in Jordan.

The final price is still in negotiation (but it will less than you imagine). More details to follow, Email me ASAP if you want to be included on the wait list.(markwolffdc@hotmail.com) It will sell out!

Treating a Case of Spinal Decompression Sickness

The rapidly progressing incident began with treatment on a liveaboard

By Melia Matthews | Published On June 24, 2025

CLAUDIA’S AGE: 45

EXPERIENCE: PADI DEEP DIVER WITH OVER 100 DIVES

OVERALL HEALTH: NO KNOWN HEALTH CONDITIONS

Claudia was having a fantastic time on her diving vacation. She had planned a two-week-long live-aboard in Indonesia and was excited to see manta rays and nudibranchs. For the first 12 days of the trip, they traveled to multiple remote islands. Claudia amassed 40 dives, taking advantage of each opportunity. She had received her PADI Deep Diver certification the previous year, and on one dive this trip, she descended to a max depth of 127 feet.

On the second to last day of the trip, Claudia had already completed two dives when she caught sight of a splotchy, warm rash on her back. A few minutes later, up on the deck, Claudia’s feet were numb. CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST

Vol. 51, No. 7

The Risks of Diving in Remote Places

from the July, 2025 issue of Undercurrent

In 2012, a British diving instructor, Melanie Stoddart, 38, on a dive trip to the Maldives, died after suffering decompression sickness near a remote island. It took nine hours to get her to a decompression chamber.

She was taken to the nearby Alimatha Aquatic Resort. No plane was available at night to transport her to the nearest hyperbaric facility, which was as many as 60 miles away. In fact, the Daily Mail reported that a speedboat arrived to evacuate her only after insurance checks were carried out..

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST

Web Master Still Needed to take over our club Web Site.

Do you have skills to update an existing web site? The time commitment would be minimal. The site is already up and running. We just need to have someone with the skills to keep it that way.Please email me at drmark@greenmountainchiro.com or call me at 720-323-4970.