Jill travels to Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada for advanced commercial vessel boat training and gets in the dunk tank. Robert and Jill share a bit about their recent cave diving trip to Florida, USA. And they discuss complacency and normalization of deviance regarding Covid-19 precautions. All this, and pens in the ears on this episode!
After a long hiatus, we are travelling to dive and shoot underwater videos again! JIll shares travel tips and tricks she’s learned from a long career flying around the world with lots of photo, video, and scuba diving gear.
Jill and Robert discuss cold weather scuba diving tips, and what to wear under your dry suit. Landslides and floods in Western Canada remind us that there is more to Climate Change than rising sea levels and melting glaciers. A look at the Covid passport situation.
Jill receives gear support from Fourth Element and Santi Diving from time to time. Over the years, she has also received equipment from other great suit manufacturers including Weezle, Ursuit, Waterproof and Bare. The generosity of manufacturers helps support her active diving career.
Links:
Fourth Element – https://fourthelement.com
Santi Diving – https://santidiving.com
Sealskinz – https://www.sealskinz.com
SmartWool (good source of durable merino products) – https://smartwool.comhttps://smartwool.com
It is official: Jill Heinerth is a legend. We share her induction to the Mississauga Legend’s Row where she is in great company with fellow inductee and Rock & Roll pioneer Ronnie Hawkins and the world’s greatest mayor Hazel McCallion. Robert is still failing miserably at his How to be a Canadian tests, and the U.S./Canada border is now officially open!
Jill’s Legend’s Kiosk:
Jill travels for the first time in 18 months to British Columbia to present a lecture at the University of Victoria and shares her airport experiences and BC Hot Tub Boating. Robert practices speaking Canadian but still has a long way to go.
Invite Jill to Present to Your Group or Organization
Jill is interviewed by legendary talk radio host Art Bell of Coast to Coast AM fame. From his radio show Midnight in the Desert in November, 2015.
Jill Heinerth’s new children’s book is selected by Dolly Parton for her Imagination Library and Jill and Robert answer questions about Scuba Diving, Photography, Peeing Underwater, and even a bit of John Prine. The Aquanaut.
Diving, A New Children’s Book and Surviving the Covid Lock DownJill and Robert share their lockdown survival experiences, how Jill keeps her gills wet during this covid winter, and some future diving and paddling expedition plans. Also, “The Aquanaut” – Jill’s inspirational Children’s Book is released with images by NY Times #1 Bestselling children’s illustrator Jaime Kim. Get your child’s copy here: https://amzn.to/2ZCK8Mc
Jill and Robert discuss the new world in which we all try to have valuable experiences and relationships against the backdrop of a global pandemic.
Ben’s Vortex Investigative Documentary Film: www.vimeo.com/ondemand/bensvortex
Jill and Robert discuss the renewed interest in the cold case of missing scuba diver Ben McDaniel. Was it an accident? A hoax? Or murder? Almost a decade after he entered Vortex Spring in Florida, there are still amateur sleuths and open source investigations looking into Ben’s disappearance on podcasts, YouTube videos and blogs.
