Archive for 'Diving'
The Top Ten Diving Spots On Earth
For the diver in all of us, just waiting to get out, Off Track Planet, those crazy keisters have compiled another list. While us North Americans drearily trudge through yet another onslaught of April showers, there’s a gorgeous underwater world beckoning in locales further south. Yup, it’s the top ten diving spots on Earth, courtesy [...]
Posted: April 10th, 2011 under Diving.
Tags: Best Scuba DIving Locations, lists, Off Track Planet
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The Top Ten Hardcore Cliff Jumps On Earth
Ah, the joys of summer. Beers, barbecues, maybe some fishing, and/or a wee bit’ o diving off the cliff at your local swimming hole. Every year countless individuals (including yours truly) somehow find themselves standing at a rather uncomfortable altitude over a local body of water, which of course opens us to chiding, ribbing and [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2010 under Accidents, Diving, Rock Climbing.
Tags: cliffjumping, lists, tombstoning
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Free-Diving A Ridiculously Deep Hole
Now for some BASE Jumping of the underwater kind, or blue hole diving, as it’s known. World champion free-diver Guillaume Nery was doing a free-diving competition in the Bahamas and made this stunning video of him free-diving (yes, that means diving while holding your breath) at Dean’s Blue Hole, which is the second-deepest blue hole [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2010 under Diving.
Tags: blue hole, free-diving, Guillaume Nery, world records
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Octopus Mugs Diver, Films Getaway
If you see this octopus, do not approach it. Do not try to touch it. Go straight to the police. This octopus approached a diver off New Zealand and took a liking to his fancy underwater camera. The diver thought the octopus was attacking him. Turns out, he just REALLY [...]
Posted: April 17th, 2010 under Diving.
Tags: animals doing silly things, New Zealand
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