tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post4951637945965712..comments2024-03-25T12:38:37.998+12:00Comments on The Best Shark Dive in the World!: The Everest?Andrew Cumminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14675497080700112390noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-22934346835577606762009-11-23T03:38:49.720+12:002009-11-23T03:38:49.720+12:00Thats something personal between me and the ocean....Thats something personal between me and the ocean.<br />But I still miss the finer point why two "sharkexperts" in South Africa lied to me. <br />Must be some kind of local sport or a joke for men only.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-35219738152185181042009-11-21T21:41:14.663+12:002009-11-21T21:41:14.663+12:00Continue paddling!
I somehow seem to miss the fin...Continue paddling!<br /><br />I somehow seem to miss the finer points of why you seem to think that a poor swimmer engaging in freediving (i.e. spending most of the time bobbing and splish-splashing at the surface) in the presence of large, surface-oriented predators is to be considered a good idea, or fun?<br /><br />How about you take a trip to Paris and once yer fed up of the Louvre, foie grasDaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-67188250789553939472009-11-20T21:40:43.962+12:002009-11-20T21:40:43.962+12:00Thank you for the tip with the cage, but I have do...Thank you for the tip with the cage, but I have done it already a few times.<br />Believe me, I would prefer to do freediving with a security diver and a cage in the background also.<br />But paddling is right now the only legal alternative for me or do you have a better idea?birgitw1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-3332736138437976292009-11-20T19:24:40.259+12:002009-11-20T19:24:40.259+12:00Well well Birgit (:
what exactly is your goal - c...Well well Birgit (:<br /><br />what exactly is your goal - committing an elaborate suicide by becoming Shark bait?<br />If so, a small yum-yum-yellow kayak and lotsa splashing due to poor paddling might just do the trick!<br /><br />If however you merely want to witness the majesty of GWs, how about stepping into one of those cages - you don't have to swim and at 46, yer certainly not too oldDaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-68226378530768577142009-11-19T02:10:38.222+12:002009-11-19T02:10:38.222+12:00Well, Gentlemen,
thank you for all the informatio...Well, Gentlemen,<br /><br />thank you for all the information,<br />Now, I am afraid I have to climb the Everest alone.<br />Brian Mc Farlane and Andre Hartman both offered<br />me freediving with white sharks in South Africa.<br />Unfortunately the didnt keep word and I lost time and money.<br />But who cares, except me of course?<br />They didnt even care that I cannot dive at all (I hardly canbirgitw1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-74747950259729915562009-11-18T22:50:48.028+12:002009-11-18T22:50:48.028+12:00(:
Indeed, he is: http://www.divephotoguide.com/a...(:<br /><br />Indeed, he is: http://www.divephotoguide.com/articles/swimming_freely_with_great_white_sharks<br /><br />But don't be so hard on us - all-in-all, we're doing great things for Shark conservation and you can rest assured that without Shark divers (and the industry promoting the activity), the fate of Sharks would be even worse than it is now.DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-76740330974339576572009-11-13T18:29:43.412+12:002009-11-13T18:29:43.412+12:00The real victim here is the sharks. I wish you nev...The real victim here is the sharks. I wish you never "discovered" them 8 years ago and I wish the authorities would step in and shut down all shark diving. Just because you are a hobbyist shark "expert" doesn't mean you really are doing anything of value. I have no idea if you have or have not contributed anything to shark research, but I think any real "research"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-11704410880117853382009-11-11T11:15:50.650+12:002009-11-11T11:15:50.650+12:00Agreed, it seems to fit quite a few massive ego...Agreed, it seems to fit quite a few massive ego's that participated in this great blog!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-57271872367373539302009-10-22T20:07:10.172+12:002009-10-22T20:07:10.172+12:00Whow B - that's kinda "concise"... (...Whow B - that's kinda "concise"... (:<br /><br />And who am I to disagree!DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-14022337303612231182009-10-22T10:24:27.229+12:002009-10-22T10:24:27.229+12:00It is an amazing thing when your ego is so large t...It is an amazing thing when your ego is so large that it diminishes the size of your brain to the point you do something so foolish that even one brain cell alone would be stunned by.....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367649120174778126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-73496589798588959482009-10-20T17:10:07.763+12:002009-10-20T17:10:07.763+12:00Hi Max
I would have to obviously disagree.
At th...Hi Max<br /><br />I would have to obviously disagree.<br /><br />At the risk of yet again being accused of being Patric’s spokesperson, or whatever: that video is well known and has been previously discussed on his blog, and that of RTSea, e.g. in the comments section of http://sharkdivers.blogspot.com/2009/09/dear-isla-guadalupe-operators-what-part.html.<br /><br />The “madly agitating the DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-11069512643209264142009-10-20T07:01:01.798+12:002009-10-20T07:01:01.798+12:00The previous YouTube video seems to demonstrate a ...The previous YouTube video seems to demonstrate a double standard.<br /> <br />It become clear to me seeing this link…That Patric and his team are conducting out of cage diving.<br /> <br />It seems that there are a number of reasons that Amos has incited such a response.<br />When the flag of conservation is raised, and the battle cry to arms shouted, very few people can counter the argument or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-85530993405159064342009-10-19T13:21:40.072+12:002009-10-19T13:21:40.072+12:00Ah hear 'ya, oh "puppet master and contro...Ah hear 'ya, oh "puppet master and controller"! (:<br /><br />Not really my fight tho, see my last response. I'm sure you guys over there can handle that.<br /><br />Again: no enablers - no perpetrators!DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-28255618616024032602009-10-19T13:00:26.014+12:002009-10-19T13:00:26.014+12:00Da Shark,
It's obvious that Amos will not fo...Da Shark, <br /><br />It's obvious that Amos will not for an instant cop to the fact he is in the wrong here. <br /><br />Instead he has chosen a wild path of attacking those he has wronged.<br /><br />Foolish, but hey he get's to do anything he wants now.<br /><br />As you know we're not obligated to Amos quite the opposite. He made clear obligations to all of us, myself included. <Horizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Divinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624362913061595393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-39826953672441496982009-10-19T09:39:29.615+12:002009-10-19T09:39:29.615+12:00Felix – thanks! (:
Amos, hi
Everybody (!) knows ...Felix – thanks! (:<br /><br />Amos, hi<br /><br />Everybody (!) knows who you “are” and your credentials as an adventurer and photographer are impeccable. No need to name drop – the more as that once again would be an argumentum ad verecundiam.<br /><br />But this is not the topic of this post.<br /><br />This post raises the question “Should there be commercial out-of-the-cage dives with paying DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-38348094330827280392009-10-19T07:12:53.588+12:002009-10-19T07:12:53.588+12:00oleastPlease just watch this clip – and you tell m...oleastPlease just watch this clip – and you tell me if there is not double standard here…http://www.youtube.com/user/RTSeaTV#p/u/4/rvExma5r7gM <br /><br />For everyone who follow this hypocritical exchange generated by Shark Diver i.e Patric Douglas. Luke is Patric shark expert Marine Biologist.<br /><br />It become clear to me seeing this link…That Patric and his team are conducting out of cage Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06648444146841921231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-43437103040678101782009-10-19T04:35:13.909+12:002009-10-19T04:35:13.909+12:00Nicely put DaShark,
I wish people understood how ...Nicely put DaShark,<br /><br />I wish people understood how effective and powerful presentation can be.<br /><br />Along with the fact that it is so much more enjoyable to read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-69206025004246074562009-10-19T01:30:16.450+12:002009-10-19T01:30:16.450+12:00Hi Da Shark - the nest is not as cozy as I was hop...Hi Da Shark - the nest is not as cozy as I was hoping for ;).<br /><br />My comment about the money came from reading the back and forth / accusations / he said-she said. I perfectly understand it is a business and I also understand "life is more complex than that..." - just frustrating to see grownups go after one another like that.<br /><br />Your blogs are filled with so much Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124257574347025140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-45938279320749553812009-10-18T17:23:11.624+12:002009-10-18T17:23:11.624+12:00Hi Anonymous
Blogs are not chatrooms.
They "...Hi Anonymous<br /><br />Blogs are not chatrooms.<br />They "belong" to somebody and the "owners" have every right to handle them in any way they please.<br /><br />E.g., I'm quite tolerant of anonymous posts (the more as I use a nom de plume myself) since I believe that what is relevant is the content and not the persona of the author. Argumentum ad verecundiam is a well DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-83095293370273435972009-10-18T15:57:27.853+12:002009-10-18T15:57:27.853+12:00I was reading Patric's other blog about this s...I was reading Patric's other blog about this subject and was fairly shocked to see that nobody can post on his blog unless he approves it. What is wrong with that picture. What happened to freedom of speach and good conversation. I guess it is good as long as he approves it?<br />How can we have transparent conversations about conservation of the shark without a free avenue to place it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-48172248550740982182009-10-18T15:05:45.381+12:002009-10-18T15:05:45.381+12:00Hi Felix
Welcome to the hornet’s nest! (:
This i...Hi Felix<br /><br />Welcome to the hornet’s nest! (:<br /><br />This is obviously who we are, passionate! <br />So are “you” guys, as evidenced by the regular diatribes and personal feuds on the different sharkophile lists and forums – correct? That’s all part of a robust (and ultimately, productive) dialogue and anybody taking exemption to it is more than welcome to get out of the kitchen!<br />DaSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787762757245289307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-34689161579416826522009-10-18T08:53:56.274+12:002009-10-18T08:53:56.274+12:00Right on Felix, It sure seems Patric is awful worr...Right on Felix, It sure seems Patric is awful worried about his share of the $$$$$$$Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-52359681094361563182009-10-18T08:22:13.538+12:002009-10-18T08:22:13.538+12:00Felix, one last thing.
If you look at the sheer a...Felix, one last thing.<br /><br />If you look at the sheer amount of effort and time Amos has taken from just two blog posts to "clear his name" it will give you some kind of indication about how badly he feels about being "caught out."<br /><br />This is a titanic effort from one man.<br /><br />What you are reading from him is also a simplistic barrage of well worn dive Horizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Divinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624362913061595393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-57294713993268694472009-10-18T07:23:40.918+12:002009-10-18T07:23:40.918+12:00Thanks Mike for hosting this thread.
We gave Amos...Thanks Mike for hosting this thread.<br /><br />We gave Amos one chance to make any sense at all and he did not on our blog.<br /><br />I will say this he is adept at steering the conversation away from truth and into fiction - but what can you expect from a man who lied to an entire fleet of vessel owners and operators?<br /><br />Felix, this is not about $$$ that's too trite and too easy anHorizon Charters Guadalupe Cage Divinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09624362913061595393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36324352.post-6472563287739111712009-10-18T01:08:21.613+12:002009-10-18T01:08:21.613+12:00Wow - after having read the 41 comments of back an...Wow - after having read the 41 comments of back and forth bashing (even my old man was mentioned in the original post)...further confirms what a lovely industry the shark diving one is...$$$$.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17124257574347025140noreply@blogger.com