Saint Patrick's Day: Aquatic Hippie Edition

 On St. Patricks Day Geordie and I participated in an off shore clean up at Belcarra Park near Port Moody. Most of the dive parks and sites are pretty clean as divers tend to be good about grabbing stuff that does not belong as they go. We had a really good day for it. Some media even showed up. Geordie and I did not get a huge haul as the bay to the left of the docks there was pretty clean. The majority of trash came from the right side. Wierdest thing that came out was a bong.

 We geared up in dry suits and I had so many layers it was kind of difficult to suit up. Ended up with huge boots and fins and carried 41 pounds of weight for the first dive and 44 for the second! That's what I get for being prone to being cold and having to wear tons of layers. It's fine once you are in the water but hauling it down was less then fun.

 This is some of the junk that was brought up: bottles, snorkle and scuba gear, fishing and crabbing equipment, a large amount of sharp things, nets, balls and odds and ends. One group brought up 24 pounds of stuff and the outing as a whole netted over 95 pounds of garbage! So remember not to throw stuff in the water people!