The January Horsetooth dive is one among many experiences to come. A Pact Among Friends Over 20 years ago, it was a pact among friends to ski once every month regardless of where the snow fell. We hiked glaciers, snowfields and mountain passes to get our skiing in every month, for several years. Time passed …
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The wind is blowing consistently at 30mph with predictions for 60mph gusts. It looks like the weather service was right – the wind is going to blow. I feel a hit on my fishing pole and watch as my Wyoming Marlin flies up out of the air at the end of my line. Reeling and …
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Why you should leave your country, at least once… To gain perspective. Cultural Differences I sit on a flight returning from another out-of-country experience and realize that foreign travel is not only exciting and amazing (and tricky, at times), but it offers a perspective unlike any other. Cultures are different. Languages are different. Food is …
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A conversation about scuba diving, usually leads to discussion about big scary sharks, too much equipment, claustrophobia, great food, beautiful islands and sometimes, the dark subject of death. It’s then time to break out the Google machine and see what kind of statistics we get, comparing the numbers of death by interesting match ups like great white …
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It was a dream of my mother’s to make it across the big blue ocean to see what lies on the other side, “one day”. At 70 years of age, she still had not created an opportunity to go on her own and I believe, had given up the dream. She ran a business for over …
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Sea salt. Surely this is one of the great gifts of the ocean, including salt scrubs, healing salts, salts for bathing and of course, great diving (like the Salt Pier). Salt goes on everything from simple egg breakfasts to the the most complicated culinary experiences. But isn’t it ironic, that when ordering seafood, especially fish, nearly …
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