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Pete Bucknell has just released an important book for avid GoPro users. Available on iBooks, the comprehensive manual offers tips specifically geared to help you overcome issues found while shooting the GoPro in an underwater setting. Download it here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/the-underwater-gopro-book/id954826182?mt=11
When CCR divers and open circuit (OC) divers dive together, they are referred to as a mixed team. OC divers are often shy about asking a CCR diver how procedures may differ so it is up to you to ensure that gas management and emergency procedures are clear prior to entering the water. 1. Orientation Show how the rebreather is donned and how it can be removed. Demonstrate how the wing is inflated and, if it is attached to an onboard cylinder, discuss how this limited supply could be easily exhausted during a rescue. Determine whether oral inflation of the…
I often get remarks from divers inquiring about my SE500 side exhaust regulators. I’ve always been a fan of this design, having owned similar Oceanic Omega regs since the late 1980s. Rather than clipping the regs in place, I store them in a bungee loop on the shoulder of my SMS75 Sidemount Harness. They are quick to deploy and lay very flat. The purge will never activate in high flow caves and they breathe like a dream. I’m a fan of upright SPGs as long as they lay snug against my chest or are nestled against the clavicle region. Tank valves hang…
If you own a flexible LP hose such as Miflex brand, you might enjoy the comfort over a standard rubber breathing hose. The increased flexibility may offer less jaw stress and better hose routing. But, if you use these hoses, I want you to try something next time you are in the water. A soft flexible hose crimped or snagged can almost completely cut off airflow. I caution students with these hoses to understand that if the hose gets snagged in your equipment and bent in half, or if it is caught on a rock while you swim in cave, then…
My friend, British explorer, Rick Stanton was never certified as a diver. He was never certified as a cave diver either. I met him in 1997 when we were preparing for an expedition with the U.S. Deep Caving Team. He already had a formidable reputation for his talent in cave and sump diving. Today, so many years later, it was a pleasure to dive again with him in Florida. He mostly dives alone, even on some of his most epic projects which have taken him deeper inside the planet that any human being (30,000 feet+ cave penetration). After a wonderful relaxing cave…
A Lesson from Sidemount Divers Sidemount diving has taken the diving community by storm. The popularity of this style of carrying tanks has grown tenfold in the last few years. Now rebreather divers are taking a lesson from sidemount divers to help them streamline their bailout bottles. Standard stage rigging generally hangs bailout tanks nearly perpendicular to the diver’ s body. This is neither streamlined nor conservation-minded. It is far more effective to mount your tanks in a way that aligns them with your body. There are numerous ways to achieve this, but here are two simple solutions: 1. Use…
Brian Hurricane Smith interviews Jill Heinerth about her new book, Women Underwater which she co-authored with Reneé Power. Heinerth describes why they felt the need to write a gender specific scuba manual. Listen to the podcast here.
Reviewed By Marnie Wilson for Readers’ Favorite Boom Baby Boom, A Baby Boomer’s Tales of Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll and Recovery by Robert McClellan is, as the title implies, a collection of intimate stories by an American born during the baby boom generation. As the author states in the Interview section at the back of the book: “…for whatever reason, I have been gifted with a remarkably interesting life. I have an inner drive to tell stories and share experiences with people.” This book is a no-holds-barred peek into capsules of history from a man’s life as he recounts,…
Joe Cocozza, DIVER Magazine and PodDiver Radio Host interviews Nick Hollis about the Explorer rebreather. Click here for full interview.