Jill Heinerth

Jun 09

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Tracking Our Journey

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Sedna Expedition, Women Underwater | No Comments

Team Sedna to Use Suunto Ambit 2S Suunto has provided the Sedna EPIC Expedition team members with Ambit 2S sport watches. These cool devices were the first GPS watches to combine cutting edge outdoor and training features with thousands of sports apps that can be downloaded and activated by the user. This particular model was specially designed to fit women’s slim wrists, making it comfortable and easy to use as a traditional watch too. This product is platform built to bring your dreams to life. The raw data contains endless possibilities for use with custom apps. For our project, we’ll use the…

Jun 07

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The Will

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, We Are Water | No Comments

The Will to Change I have often wondered why it is so difficult to enact solutions-oriented changes when it comes to our water resources. Nobody wants to pollute. Nobody wants to swim in a cesspool or drink water that is unhealthy. Yet, much of our society remains in denial regarding the severity of our water issues in America today. Partly as a result of the short political cycle, it is difficult to enact long term solutions. Society and our leadership prefer to value the present rather than look to the uncertain effects of the future. In their new book, Thomas…

Jun 06

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Tekkie La Femme

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Women Underwater | No Comments

Finding the Right Gear for Women Technical Divers I recall being angry when I looked at the seminar listings at the AquaCorps Tek Conference in the early 1990s. There was a session called “Tekkie la Femme” designed for women to gather together and talk about the potential of getting involved in technical diving. There was also a session about DPVs. Why wasn’t it called “Tekkie La Scoot Scoot?” It was hard to be taken seriously as a diver when we were always separated from men and deemed as “cute” in our efforts to be involved in the extreme end of…

Jun 06

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Buyer’s Guide to Rebreathers

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Rebreather Diving | No Comments

A Quick Guide to Buying a Rebreather I’ve written many articles on this blog about how to shop for a rebreather, but given the numerous inquiries I have had recently, perhaps a reprise of information is warranted. The bottom line is that the last decade of statistics shows us that the actual equipment brand does not seem to be a factor in accidents. Best available stats show us that there are no more accidents on one particular brand than another based on ratios of units sold. The same appears to be true when we look at manual versus electronic units….

Jun 06

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Catching a Lift

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DSMB Skills for Rebreather Diving Have you practiced using your Delayed Surface Marker Buoy (DSMB) recently, or is it stashed rotting in a pack attached to your backplate? Some divers use these devices every single time they go diving, but others are most accustomed to descending and ascending on an anchor line. You owe it to yourself to ensure that you are well practiced in launching a lift bag in case you need it. Sometimes DSMBs are a routine part of a drift diver while other times, they are only used by divers who have become separated from the boat….

Jun 01

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Changing Coastlines

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Sedna Expedition, We Are Water | No Comments

A Warming World Last summer’s Arctic Ice Melt is the greatest in recorded history. There is more open water in the Arctic than ever before. There is no sense in denying the obvious and as we plan for a warmer world, we will need to gauge the potential impacts on our fresh water resources. Conservation and long term resource management and protection is critical. Solutions will take far longer than a political term of office. It will require grassroots activism to keep water issues in the forefront of local and national agendas. What will your coastline look like in the…

May 31

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Batteries and Airplanes

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Rebreather Diving | No Comments

Travelling with Lithium Batteries Spare lithium batteries may not be carried checked in baggage. They may be installed in the rebreather and two spare lithium batteries may be hand carried. Preventing lithium batteries from short circuiting is very important to impeding the likelihood of overheating and fire. Always keep lithium batteries isolated from metal objects (e.g. jewelry, keys) or other conductive materials by enclosing each one separately and insulating terminals with a non-conductive material (e.g. electrical tape). Pack them so they cannot shift during transport. Physically damaged or dropped cells can become volatile. A lithium battery inside equipment is protected…

May 24

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We Are Water in Croatia

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, We Are Water | No Comments

I had the honor of being a guest host of the Annual DragorLux Underwater Games in Croatia. I was invited by DragorLux and Suunto to speak to divers about my exploration experiences. I always try to take the opportunity to share a little bit of the We Are Water mission. In addition to several speaking gigs, I managed to give away a number of We Are Water DVDs to divers, archaeologists and a ranger at the National Park in Plitvicke Lakes.

May 21

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Get Off the Tit!

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Robert McClellan | No Comments

First, a little history. Your overachieving male ancestors set the bar a bit high, and you may have fallen somewhat short of their manly accomplishments. Before most of them reached their twenty-first birthdays, most of your great-grandfathers defeated the Nazi’s and saved Europe. And, to make sure the rest of the world knew they were serious, in 1945 they dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. No reading between the lines – great grandpa was a bad ass, and the leaders of his day knew how to make tough decisions. After the war, they came home, used the GI Bill to…

May 19

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Redbull Visits with Jill

By Jill Heinerth | All Posts, Cave Diving, Rebreather Diving, Sedna Expedition, We Are Water, Women Underwater | No Comments

Journalist Tarquin Cooper interviews Jill for Redbull. Diving inside underwater caves would be most people’s idea of hell. For Jill Heinerth, it’s heaven. Canadian underwater explorer Jill Heinerth has dived in some of the most extreme locations on planet earth, from underwater caves to icebergs in the frigid waters off Antarctica. But she’s not in it for the kicks but to bring back valuable knowledge of our fresh water systems. See images and read more.

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