Tag Archives: safety
September 8, 2021
Making the Switch
After diving and teaching on open circuit for over 25 years, I’ve noticed a recurring question that keeps popping up.
“What took you so long to make the switch?” or “Why bother switching to CCR […]
August 4, 2021
Mentally Estimating Deco in a Cave
Intro:
So there you are, 40 minutes into a cave dive, currently at 100ft/30m. You check your computer, and it’s showing a no decompression limit (NDL) of 10 minutes. You didn’t expect the cave to […]
April 8, 2021
Immersion Pulmonary Edema
“I can’t breathe!”. Bill was a middle-aged man with a history of high blood pressure who was enjoying a wreck dive off the Northeast United States. He was diving a 14/7 mm farmer john wetsuit […]
March 3, 2021
We Need to Talk About Our Mistakes So We Can All Learn
It doesn’t matter what level of diver you are or the experience you have. In the end, we’re all humans and as humans we make mistakes. It’s also in our nature to […]
December 2, 2020
Diving Through Darkness
Are you nuts? That’s a death wish! This is a phrase I am oh so familiar with, yet as crazy as it seems, it has never crossed my mind. The reason I hear […]
December 2, 2019
The Aging Diver
“When will I be too old to dive?” It’s a question we all ponder. Thankfully, there isn’t a definite answer to that question. The time to hang up your fins is different for every individual. […]
