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So you've done your Scuba course and it's time for the final exam....But wait!!!!.... is this truly the "final exam"??.... find out what the aich eee double hockey sticks we're talking about here... have a listen to this weeks episode!!
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This week Jamesy and Brando continue talking about dive bodies and some of the inherent flaws in the buddy system. To find some support for this discussion they dig up an old article from DAN’s Alert Diver magazine. After knowing and reporting of all the breakdowns in the buddy system, traditional scuba still doesn’t teach a model that supports the buddy team.
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We all learn in Open Water 101 that diving uses a 'buddy system" for several reasons. These reasons include equipment redundancy in case of failure, enjoyment of the dive, and sharing the experience. BUT, is a "buddy" enough? Too often the "buddy" is nothing more than a "body" and the asset that the system proclaims to be is actually a liability. Find out what happens when two divers become paired up randomly at the spur of the moment on a pretty routine recreational dive. How can the dive community work towards improving and avoiding this all too common occurrence? Have a listen!! Click Here To Listen!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code THEGREATDIVE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod
The first rule in assisting a panicking diver is knowing that panicking is an asymptote. This week Jamesy and Brando discuss rescue training and what to do if your buddy is in trouble.
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So you decided to get certified.... you did the course... you got your certification... but now what do you do? Go diving? Take more classes? Take up scrapbooking? Today the boys discuss considerations to consider (lol) after you're certified. Have a listen!!
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This week the boys are, "more back." Jamesy and Brando returned from a trip up to Lake Huron’s beautiful Presque Isle and then a freak storm took out our power and internet services. But, the boys are back again. And they some some wonderful news to share with all of you wonderful listeners. Tune in and enjoy.
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To quote Thin Lizzy, "the Boys are back in town!"...and if the boys want to interview on the big lake they call Gitcheegumee, you better let 'em! This week the boys return from a week on lake Superior at Isle Royale diving on Captain Ryan Staley's fine ship "The Discovery" and while they were there being treated like royalty and diving some fantastic Great Lake shipwrecks, in true TGDP fashion (and never off the clock) they did manage to get an interview with the good Captain as well as first mate Steve Stauch and the rest of the divers... John, Kyle , Rob, and Stan Thee Man. Have a listen!!
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This week the boys get ready for their upcoming trip to Isle Royale. To get ready for taking more shipwreck pictures, they discuss Nine Tips To Improve Your Wreck Photos, an article written by Jason Brown for the Shearwater website blog, go check it out over at
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How do you follow an episode with a story about diving from Stratis Kas's book "Close Calls"? Easy, publish yet another story from Stratis Kas's book "Close Calls"!! Join the boys as they engage in discussion detailing the account of an out of gas situation that The Michael Menduno experienced on the Speigel Grove shipwreck in the Florida Keys. What we learn is that even the most well trained and experienced divers make mistakes that result in close calls or worse... and if it can happen to them, it can happen to anyone. Have a listen!
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This week Jamesy and Brando take a look at Close Calls, a book by Stratis Kas. This collection of stories by some of the diving communities most influential divers, shows how bad things can happen to anyone. We all make mistakes, even the best of us. Diving is inherently dangerous and thankfully these divers were humble and open enough to share these stories. Join us as we dive into a Really Close Call.
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This week the boys celebrate Women's Dive Day with their friend and dive buddy Stephanie Gandulla from NOAA's Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Join us as we look back at this conversation and congratulate her for being featured on a PADI live show, celebrating the same thing.
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It’s Shark Week everybody. This week, Jamesy and Brando talk about one of the most gruesome shark attacks to have ever been documented. Imagine being in deep water in the Virgin Islands when your dive buddy is attacked. Join us for this very graphic, “Shark Attack!”
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Wait... What?? Find out what Maslow's Hierarchy of Scuba needs and the solo diving class/diver have to do with each other... maybe nothing at all... maybe something interesting and noteworthy... you be the judge!
Click Here To Listen!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code THEGREATDIVE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod This week Jamesy and Brando look at some of the listener mail they received about the Shadow Divers episodes. One upset listener who did not like the Exposed episode. One this is for sure, that series got people thinking and sharing their opinions with us. Click Here To Listen! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code THEGREATDIVE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod
This week the boys pay tribute to the better half of the Haas duo, Lotte Haas. One of the first female SCUBA divers , Lotte started diving in 1949 on a Drager CCR and was soon taking part as one of the crew on Hans Haas' underwater exploration team! Tune in to this week's episode to learn more of Lotte's contribution to diving!
Click Here To Listen! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code THEGREATDIVE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod This week we go deep into the history of Han Hass and Jacques Cousteau. They were both pioneering scuba at virtually the same time. Were they in competition? Who really was the first? Who would win in a Death Match? Only you can decide. Go to our facebook page and vote or send us an email to [email protected] Click Here To Listen! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code THEGREATDIVE at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod
So the boys go deep this week with the first of a multi-episode series on diving legends, Hans & Lotte Haas. This week we'll get to know Hans with a reading of a short piece he wrote about being underwater and staring into the abyss..... have a listen!
Click Here To Listen!! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code TGDP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod After 10 weeks of East Coast Wrecking, the boys get back to some classic TGDP. Anyone can learn to scuba dive. The skills are relatively simple, so what is it that really separates someone with a certification card from a diver? Know thyself and use your scuba to teach yourself how to answer to yourself. Click Here To Listen! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code TGDP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod Wait...WHAT?? TEN EPISODES of East Coast wreck diving... heroic deeds....noble virtues and grand character... all shot to hell? Surely our sacred realm of Scuba diving is a bastion of relief from the world's ugliness of greed and want of fame? Perhaps not! Have a listen as we examine yet another book detailing the East Coast wreck diving community and in particular the search for the identity of the U-Who (aka the U-869), listen to what deep shipwreck diving legend Gary Gentile has to say about "Shadow Divers" as we dive into his book, "Shadow Divers Exposed. The Real Saga of The U-869". Click Here To Listen! Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code TGDP at MANSCAPED.com! #ad #manscapedpod
The boys finally make their way to the end of the U-Who and discover the true identity of the U-869. Dive by dive, Jamesy and Brando go back to the beginning and revisit the dives made on the mystery sub. Through triumph and tragedy, John and Richie finally get the clue they needed.
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First off, thank you all for allowing us a week off... it was much needed and really helped with both of our "10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag" lives.... :-) .... This week we continue our dive into Robert Kurson's "Shadow Divers" with a look at the third main character, Richie Kohler. He's a quiet, studious boy that grows into the iconic Atlantic Wreck Diver and becomes partners with John Chatterton to help unearth the mystery of the this newly discovered WWII era sunken U-boat.... Join us as dive even deeper into the mystery of the "U-Who".
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This week the boys dive into the next great character in Shadow Divers, John Chatterton. Commercial diver, scallop fisherman, army medic, deep wreck explorer, boat captain, and submarine researcher, John has done it all. Join us as we learn more about how he came to discover the answer to the U-Who.
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This week the boys dive into the New York Times Bestseller ‘Shadow Divers’ by Robert Kurson. It’s another look at the U-Who but this time from the perspective of John Chatterton and Richie Kohler. We are first introduced however to Captain Bill Nagle, a legendary diver himself once, but now on a course of self-destruction. He was a diver’s diver, and we explore who really deserves the title of, “a diver.”
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This week the boys prepare for another deep dive into scuba storytelling, another book about the U-Who. It’s part recap, it’s part teaser for the next series, it’s part thank you, it’s a little bit of everything that TGDP is all rolled into one little episode.
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Join the boys as the wrap up their discussion of Bernie Chowdhury's, "The Last Dive". It's only fitting to allow this wrap up to serve as a transition from the story of The Rouses and their demise on the newly discovered German U-Boat dubbed, "The U-Who" into the inevitably intertwined story of John Chatterton, Richie Kohler, Bill Nagle, and a host of other well known East Coast wreck divers as they relentlessly pursue their noble mission to identify this mystery submarine.... the story only gets better gang!
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