Marico Oog is a natural spring located on the Grootfontein farm in the North West Province, belonging to Willie Muller and his family. We took a detour from Zeerust to the farm in order to… Continue reading…
Hi divers Clare and I were away last week and despite the modern world in which we live we stayed in a place called Marico Oog that had no cell phone reception. In order to… Continue reading…
If you’re concerned about the connection of crocodiles to diving, I suggest you check out this link. Hearty thanks to Bernita for suggesting Lewis Carroll for our Friday poems. The Crocodile – Lewis Carroll How… Continue reading…
Cecil, cave diver to be (he probably is one by now thanks to Buks Potgieter of IANTD) lent us this National Geographic production. It’s just under an hour long, and recounts an expedition to seven… Continue reading…
A while back Tony and I were invited to participate in promoting the James Cameron production, Sanctum, via our blog. Unfortunately the fact that we are South Africa-based seemed to have been overlooked by the… Continue reading…
Quarries filled with water are very often used for diving. Some have terrible visibility whilst others seem to have reasonably clear water given the right conditions. Just outside Brits (a one horse town close to… Continue reading…
Wired magazine profiled a fascinating character called Bill Stone in 2004. An inventor and explorer, he has invented both diving and robotic gear, mostly focused on reaching inaccessible locations. The article describes both his inventions,… Continue reading…
I linked to this article in my review of Sheck Exley’s book Caverns Measureless to Man, but it really deserves its own post because it’s such a fascinating read. Jerry Shine of Wired Magazine describes… Continue reading…
We have had a lot of lousy weather lately resulting in the boat diving being cancelled almost every week since the beginning of the year. With a Deep Specialty in progress this has been a… Continue reading…
Fatally Flawed: The Quest to be Deepest – Verna van Schaik Verna van Schaik holds the record for the deepest dive on scuba by a woman, to 221 metres in a water-filled cave called Boesmansgat… Continue reading…
