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I found out today, from Professional Debriefer Paul, that one of our regular diving icons, Dennis Gunn – known on this website as “Dennis G” or “Dr. D” died yesterday.<\/p>\n
Dennis was one of the original divers that I met when I started diving more than a decade ago; he made the dives and debriefs interesting, fun and enjoyable.<\/p>\n
Dennis was first mentioned in my blog in the December 14, 2003 entry<\/a>:<\/p>\n “The divers who I met on October 18th of this year were there. They introduced themselves as Dennis, Fred and Al.”<\/em><\/p>\n Over the years, Dennis became a regular in the local Sunday morning and Wednesday evening diving groups and, even though he never was given a unique diving nickname, quickly developed a unique reputation.<\/p>\n Nobody who had ever dove with Dennis expected to end the dive with Dennis; but everyone made it back alive and well.<\/p>\n Well, there was an incident that did involve a rescue by the Coast Guard, but he was solo diving at that point.<\/p>\n He often shared that story so that other divers would not make the same mistake. <\/p>\n People learned to cut his visibility reports in half.<\/p>\n It was quite common for someone to report “30 foot visibility,” only for someone to ask, “Is that a real 30 feet, or a Dennis 30 feet?”<\/p>\n He brought many people to our group of divers and Dennis was one of the reasons that they stayed.<\/p>\n Listening to Dennis talk about his high finance entrepreneurial ventures, his diving adventures – or misadventures – and the latest injuries he received while playing ice hockey were priceless.<\/p>\n He had a good judge of character and often gave me advice on new comers to the group. <\/p>\n Dennis once told me his opinion of a new female diver – “That woman is crazy. She is the type who would instigate sex and then yell rape. Stay away from her.”<\/p>\n And that I did; his advice could have kept me out of jail.<\/p>\n Some highlights of dives and debriefs with Dennis:<\/p>\n April 3, 2011 – Terranea Dive Report<\/a><\/p>\n January 1, 2012 New Year\u2019s Dive and Debrief \u2013 Happy New Year Everyone!<\/a><\/p>\n December 25, 2012 – Christmas Day SCUBA Dive<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Dennis](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/donnaanddennis.jpg\")
\nDennis and Donna The Hot Biker Chick<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Dennis](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dennisg55yhbjk8.jpg\")
\nDennis underwater.<\/em><\/p>\n![\"Debriefing](\"http:\/\/psychosolodiver.com\/wp-content\/dscf3240omlqa.jpg\")
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