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Cave Diving

Sep 09
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Aquiferious Art Exhibit Coming to Gainesville

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The Thomas Center Galleries announce the fall opening of AQUIFERious, an expansive exhibition to be presented in the Historic Thomas Center’s Main and Mezzanine galleries from Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 to Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016. The opening reception for the exhibition is Thursday, Oct. 1 from 5:30-7 p.m. AQUIFERious is curated by Margaret Ross Tolbert, and is based on her award-winning book of the same title. A multi-media art experience in the truest sense, the exhibition will juxtapose Tolbert’s dramatic, large-scale springs paintings and eloquent poetry with contributing artists’ and scientists’ photographs, videos, cartography and writings. Featured will be the…

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Aug 21
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Jill Joins Diver Medic and Aquatic Safety Magazine Team as Technical Advisor

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Jill Heinerth was invited by Chantelle Taylor Newman to join the team of Diver Medic and Aquatic Safety Magazine as a Technical Advisor and contributor. Read their current issue. Cover: Diver Ron Carmichael at Blue Grotto Spring. Photo: Jill Heinerth  

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Aug 18
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Underwater Video Book Free on Kindle Unlimited

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Jill Heinerth has just released a new book. The Kindle book is available on Amazon and is free for members of Kindle Unlimited. Amazon Prime members can borrow the book through the Lending Library. All other interested readers can purchase the eBook for a very reasonable $9.99. Underwater Video for Scuba Divers is a comprehensive guide to shooting underwater video for anyone form GoPro users to budding professionals. Topics cover such diverse areas as composition to underwater lighting and file formats to memory cards.

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Aug 15
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TEKCamp at Vobster Quay a Huge Success

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In July, Jill Heinerth was invited to England by Suunto UK to participate as the 2015 Visiting Luminary for TEKCamp at Vobster Quay. The week long event brought together aspiring technical divers from across the country to learn from mentors in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. The instructional team included pioneering divers, explorers and instructors who worked with individuals to help them improve their skills and focus on future plans.

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Jul 31
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We Are Water Reaches Listeners in UK

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Jill Heinerth recently returned from the UK after making a series of talks that included spreading a water literacy message through her We Are Water Project. Heinerth spoke at numerous diving clubs and venues and also a group at Portsmouth IBM called Connecting Women. Jill’s trip was sponsored by Suunto UK who have been incredibly supportive of the We Are Water Project. Shown here: The Suunto UK Team and supporters from the inland dive site Wraysbury Dive Center.

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Jul 15
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Cave Diving History

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On July 14, 1935 Penelope Powell and Graham Balcombe made what is considered to be the first cave dive. It was conducted at Wookey Hole in England. This historic site is still open to the small membership of divers belonging to the Cave Divers Group (CDG). On the day following the anniversary Jill Heinerth was invited to dive by members Duncan Price, Gavin Newman and Claire Cohen. Swimming from the cave resurgence through to Sump 22 fulfilled a dream for Heinerth who has had her sight focussed on visiting the historic site for more than 20 years. Wookey Hole is…

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Jul 07
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Preserving Canada’s Maritime Past

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On July 7, 2015 Jill Heinerth had the opportunity to assist in the documentation of the recovery and delivery to provincial conservators of the sextant from the WWII shipwreck SS Rose Castle. The Rose Castle was sunk on November 2nd, 1942 by a German U-Boat that was attempting to disrupt the supply of high grade iron ore coming from Bell Island, Newfoundland, Canada. The event  also marks the only time a torpedo struck land in what is now Canadian soil. 28 crew were lost, but many were saved by citizens of the island. The sextant was discovered by diver Luc Michel…

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Jun 12
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Light Management in Technical Diving

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I carry a tiny handheld Light and Motion Sola Tech600 for my primary light while technical diving. I love being unencumbered. No cord. No canister. Lightweight for travel. Some of my diving colleagues have asked about whether such a small light can have adequate runtime for two serious cave or technical dives in a day. The answer is unequivocally, “yes!” The Sola Tech600 offers up a robust nine hours maximum burn time. Better yet, you can easily monitor the remaining capacity as you dive. This feature alone provides an unprecedented advantage over other lights. It acts as a fuel gauge,…

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